anti-busing
|an-ti-bus-ing|
/ˌæn.tiˈbʌs.ɪŋ/
against using buses for school desegregation
Etymology
'anti-busing' originates from a combination of elements: 'anti-' from Ancient Greek 'antí' where 'anti-' meant 'against', and 'busing' from English 'bus' plus the gerund/nominalizing suffix '-ing'; 'bus' is a shortened form of 'omnibus' (originally Latin 'omnibus').
'anti-busing' developed in mid-20th-century American English as debates over school desegregation grew; 'bus' itself shortened from Latin 'omnibus' via English usage of the 19th century, and the prefix 'anti-' has been used in English since borrowed from Greek.
Initially, 'anti-' simply meant 'against' and 'busing' literally referred to transporting by bus; together, the compound came to mean specifically opposition to using buses for school desegregation, a political stance that arose in the 1950s–1970s.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a political movement, stance, or campaign opposing the use of busing (transporting students by bus) to achieve racial desegregation in schools.
The anti-busing movement organized protests against the district's desegregation plan.
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Adjective 1
describing policies, actions, or people that oppose busing as a means of achieving school desegregation.
City leaders proposed an anti-busing policy that would limit cross-district transfers.
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