pro-busing
|pro-bus-ing|
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/proʊˈbʌsɪŋ/
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/prəʊˈbʌsɪŋ/
in favor of busing
Etymology
'pro-busing' originates from Modern English, formed by the prefix 'pro-' (from Latin 'pro', meaning 'for') combined with 'busing' (from the noun 'bus', short for 'omnibus', itself from Latin 'omnibus').
'pro-busing' developed as a compound of 'pro-' + the gerund/participle 'busing' (from the verb 'to bus', derived from the noun 'bus', a shortened form of 'omnibus') and came into common use in U.S. political and educational discourse around school desegregation in the 1960s.
Initially it literally meant 'for busing' (supporting the use of buses); over time it has come to be used specifically to indicate support for busing as a tool of school desegregation and related policy debates.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
support or advocacy for busing (the practice of transporting students to schools outside their local attendance zones, often used to promote racial desegregation).
The pro-busing faction argued that mandatory busing was necessary to desegregate the city's schools.
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