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- Dictionarysegregation/ˌsɛɡrɪˈɡeɪʃn/
noun
- 1. the action or state of setting someone or something apart from others: "a model that perpetuates the segregation of older people"
- 2. the separation of pairs of alleles at meiosis and their independent transmission via separate gametes.
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1. : the act or process of segregating : the state of being segregated. 2. a. : the separation or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group by enforced or voluntary residence in a restricted area, by barriers to social intercourse, by separate educational facilities, or by other discriminatory means. b.
the policy of keeping one group of people apart from another and treating them differently, especially because of race, sex, or religion: The system of racial segregation that used to exist in South Africa was called apartheid. The community fought to end segregation in schools and housing. the segregation of employment by gender. Fewer examples.
Segregation definition: the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group. See examples of SEGREGATION used in a sentence.
uncountable noun. Segregation is the official practice of keeping people apart, usually people of different sexes, races, or religions. Racial segregation in schools was ruled unconstitutional. ...the segregation of male and female students.
Segregation is a system that keeps different groups separate from each other, either through physical dividers or using social pressures and laws. The Latin root literally means “separated from the flock,” and splitting a big flock of sheep into smaller groups is segregation.
segregation, separation of groups of people with differing characteristics, often taken to connote a condition of inequality. Racial segregation is one of many types of segregation, which can range from deliberate and systematic persecution through more subtle types of discrimination to self-imposed separation.
noun. /ˌseɡrɪˈɡeɪʃn/ [uncountable] (formal) the act or policy of separating people from different groups, for example people of different races, religions or sexes, and treating them in a different way. racial/religious segregation. segregation by age and sex. Collocations Race. Culture. Extra Examples. Topics People in society c1.
Quick Reference. A policy predicated upon the physical separation of racial groups and practised in the USA, particularly in the southern states, from the late nineteenth century until the 1970s. Opposition to segregation from the 1950s onward fuelled the civil rights movement.
SEGREGATION meaning: the practice or policy of keeping people of different races, religions, etc., separate from each other.
Segregation definition: The policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups, as in schools, housing, and public or commercial facilities, especially as a form of discrimination.
