segregation

[ seg-ri-gey-shuhn ]

/ ˌsɛg rɪˈgeɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.

the institutional separation of an ethnic, racial, religious, or other minority group from the dominant majority.

the state or condition of being segregated, set apart, separated, or restricted to one group: Segregation on buses meant that the seats at the front were reserved for white passengers.the segregation of private clubs.

something segregated, or set apart.

Genetics. the separation of allelic genes into different gametes during meiosis.Compare law of segregation.

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Origin of segregation

1545–55; <Late Latin sēgregātiōn- (stem of sēgregātiō), equivalent to sēgregāt(us) (see segregate) + -iōn--ion

OTHER WORDS FROM segregation

seg·re·ga·tion·al, adjectivean·ti·seg·re·ga·tion, noun, adjectivenon·seg·re·ga·tion, nounre·seg·re·ga·tion, noun

un·seg·re·ga·tion·al, adjective

Words nearby segregation

Segovia, Segrè, segreant, segregate, segregated, segregation, segregationist, segregator, segue, seguidilla, Seguin

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How to use segregation in a sentence

After the Supreme Court outlawed explicit race-based zoning, cities across the country, including San Diego, began implementing the zoning we know today, often resulting in racial segregation, even if it was no longer explicit.
Morning Report: A Century of Single Family Home Supremacy|Voice of San Diego|August 27, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Regardless of intent, the result of zoning in the century since its widespread adoption has been racial segregation, according to a 2000 study published in the Journal of the American Planning Association.
Single-Family Zoning’s Century of Supremacy in San Diego|Andrew Keatts|August 26, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Flores argues that San Diego’s current system, which provides few options on how one can manage chunks of land, holds our neighborhoods in states of division that ensure segregation.
VOSD Podcast: Inequality Everywhere|Nate John|July 17, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The segregation of our neighborhoods and friend groups will not help the situation.
The Learning Curve: The Dystopian Future of ‘Learning Pods’|Will Huntsberry|July 16, 2020|Voice of San Diego

There were political considerations in the Roosevelt administration when it implemented policies of segregation.
Should America (and FIFA) Pay Reparations? (Ep. 426)|Stephen J. Dubner|July 16, 2020|Freakonomics
The Supreme Court eventually stepped in and ended legal segregation in the landmark 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education.
The ‘No Child’ Rewrite Threatens Your Kids’ Future|Jonah Edelman|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Before Fidel, when segregation was in full swing, the Cuban apartheid meant many clubs and parks still refused black Cubans entry.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dana Rubenstein of The New York Observer wrote that “essential to the experience was segregation.”
I Watched a Casino Kill Itself: The Awful Last Nights of Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal|Olivia Nuzzi|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
People often forget that the National Panhellenic council used to enforce racial segregation by means of strict codes and laws.
Stepford Sororities: The Pressures of USC’s Greek Life|Maya Richard Craven|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
True, it is grounded in the realities of a fight against a sort of blatant segregation that no longer exists.
Martin Luther King’s Nobel Speech Is an Often Ignored Masterpiece|Malcolm Jones|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Racial segregation in the public schools of Virginia was provided for in the Constitution of 1902.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
Racial segregation in the public schools of Virginia was constitutionally established in the Underwood Constitution of 1902.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
To discover exactly what the Central Authority intended this segregation to be is surprisingly difficult.
English Poor Law Policy|Sidney Webb
Nevertheless the Central Authority had, from the first, a policy of workhouse organisation inconsistent with any such segregation.
English Poor Law Policy|Sidney Webb
Here we find the biological explanation of the ineradicable impulse mankind has always displayed toward segregation into classes.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology|Robert E. Park

British Dictionary definitions for segregation

segregation

/ (ˌsɛɡrɪˈɡeɪʃən) /

noun

the act of segregating or state of being segregated

sociol the practice or policy of creating separate facilities within the same society for the use of a minority group

genetics the separation at meiosis of the two members of any pair of alleles into separate gametesSee also Mendel's laws

metallurgy the process in which a component of an alloy or solid solution separates in small regions within the solid or on the solid's surface

Derived forms of segregation

segregational, adjective

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Cultural definitions for segregation

segregation

The policy and practice of imposing the separation of races. In the United States, the policy of segregation denied African-Americans their civil rights and provided inferior facilities and services for them, most noticeably in public schools (see Brown versus Board of Education), housing, and industry. (See integration, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and separate but equal.)

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