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单词 white flight
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white flight

[ hwahyt-flahyt, wahyt ]
/ ˈʰwaɪt ˈflaɪt, ˈwaɪt /

noun

the movement of white people, especially middle-class and affluent white people, from urban neighborhoods undergoing racial integration to the suburbs.

Origin of white flight

First recorded in 1965–70

historical usage of white flight

See urban.

Words nearby white flight

white fir, whitefish, Whitefish Bay, white flag, white flag, show the, white flight, white flint, white flour, whitefly, white-footed mouse, white fox
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British Dictionary definitions for white flight

white flight

noun

the departure of White residents from areas where non-White people are settling
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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