de jure
adverb or adjective
de ju·re
| \ (ˌ)dē-ˈju̇r-ē
, (ˌ)dā-ˈyu̇r-
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, (ˌ)dā-ˈyu̇r-
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Definition of de jure
1
: by right : of right
2
: based on laws or actions of the state
de jure segregation
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In 1896, the Supreme Court upheld de jure racial segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, "Make the Guarantee Clause Great Again," 17 July 2019 An optimist 40 or 50 years ago might have hoped that de facto segregation would simply fade away over a generation or two, as the formal policies that undergirded de jure segregation were no longer there to support it. — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, "Democratic candidates’ school integration plans, explained," 3 July 2019 Linda Brown is now being honored both by those who recognize the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education as incomplete, and those who very much want to limit it to its original scope of de jure (as opposed to de facto) segregation. — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, "Linda Brown, Center of Watershed Desegregation Case, Dies at 76," 26 Mar. 2018 But this fantasy of commonality has always excluded, de jure and de facto, large swaths of the American population on the basis of their identities. — Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books, "America’s Original Identity Politics," 7 Feb. 2019 No longer content with maintaining de facto apartheid rule in the occupied West Bank, Israeli lawmakers are moving to establish the de jure variety. — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, "Natalie Portman and the Crisis of Liberal Zionism," 26 Apr. 2018 Redlining as supported by the federal government, segregation in the Army, and de jure segregation in public schools are but a few examples of how institutions have upheld white supremacy. — Angela Helm, The Root, "Trump’s New ‘Work for Welfare’ Rules Protect Poor Whites at the Expense of Urban Blacks," 22 May 2018 Would someone please explain de jure versus de facto discrimination to the 71-year old Letterman? — Nell Scovell, The Cut, "David Letterman Just Can’t Figure Out Why He Never Had Women Writers," 14 May 2018 Today de jure segregation is gone; there are a vast number of non-clerical African-American leaders and role models available; and fighters for racial justice no longer think the color-blind principles of the Declaration are enough. — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, "William Barber II and the MLK Legacy of Church-Based Activism," 15 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'de jure.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for de jure
de jure
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of de jure
law
: based on or according to the law
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de jure
adverb or adjective
de ju·re
| \ dē-ˈju̇r-ē, dā-ˈyu̇r-ā
\
\
Legal Definition of de jure
1
: by right : of right
a de jure officer
2
: in accordance with law — see also de jure segregation at segregation — compare de facto