white flight

[ hwahyt-flahyt, wahyt ]

noun
  1. 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

1
First recorded in 1965–70

word story For white flight

See urban.

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How to use white flight in a sentence

  • The principal difficulty which is encountered is the occasional appearance of one, two or three white flight feathers in the wing.

    Ducks and Geese | Harry M. Lamon

British Dictionary definitions for white flight

white flight

noun
  1. the departure of White residents from areas where non-White people are settling

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