segregated

[seg-ri-gey-tid]

adjective

1. characterized by or practicing racial segregation.

   a segregated school system.

2. restricted to one group, especially exclusively on the basis of racial or ethnic membership.

   segregated neighborhoods.

3. maintaining separate facilities for members of different, especially racially different, groups.

   segregated education.

4. discriminating against a group, especially on the basis of race.

   a segregated economy.

5. set apart.

Other Word Forms

• segregatedly adverb
• segregatedness noun
• nonsegregated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of segregated¹

First recorded in 1645–55; segregate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

He spent six years in segregated housing, essentially isolation, after Baca said her client was wrongly labeled as a Mexican Mafia associate.

From Los Angeles Times

For decades, these newly immigrated workers would be segregated into the neighborhoods surrounding the smokestack, he added, leading to the growth of a large multigenerational Mexican community.

From Los Angeles Times

As the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, “Eleven o’clock on Sunday morning…is the most segregated hour in America.”

From Salon

While Soliman was initially slated to remain in segregated detention for some 20 days, he was released early.

From Salon

This means that Democratic and Republican voters are segregated from each other geographically, with Democrats tending toward big cities and suburbs, and Republicans occupying rural areas.

From Salon

Related Words

• isolated 
• restricted