segregated
Americanadjective
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characterized by or practicing racial segregation.
a segregated school system.
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restricted to one group, especially exclusively on the basis of racial or ethnic membership.
segregated neighborhoods.
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maintaining separate facilities for members of different, especially racially different, groups.
segregated education.
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discriminating against a group, especially on the basis of race.
a segregated economy.
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set apart.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of segregated
Explanation
Segregated means separated. Some people think it’s a good idea to keep boys and girls segregated — or separated from each other — at school. Others believe that boys and girls should learn in the same classrooms. One person can be segregated from a group, as when a sick person is kept in isolation so others don’t become infected. Whole groups of people can also be segregated from each other. Since the late 1800s, segregated has been used in reference to the forced exclusion of African Americans from places where only whites were allowed, including schools, movie theaters, and train cars. The Latin root is segregare, "separated from the flock."
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Example Sentences
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Michaela Rafferty, who works with the Anaka Women's Collective helping migrant women, said people arrive in Northern Ireland without an understanding of the complexity of division – or how housing is segregated along sectarian lines.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Like Owens, Davis endured humiliations off the field: threats, insults, segregated hotels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Saar grew up in a partially segregated city and came of age in a society where Black women were expected to find practical work, not become artists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
But she refused to perform before segregated audiences in the United States and spent much of her life in France.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
We were taking a stand against his insistence on a segregated Birmingham—and against the status quo.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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