de jure segregation

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   segregation that is imposed by law

   Broadersegregation

Questions about de jure segregation

What does de jure segregation mean?

de jure segregation means "segregation that is imposed by law".

Is de jure segregation a common word?

de jure segregation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.