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segregated
[seg-ri-gey-tid]
adjective
characterized by or practicing racial segregation.
a segregated school system.
restricted to one group, especially exclusively on the basis of racial or ethnic membership.
segregated neighborhoods.
maintaining separate facilities for members of different, especially racially different, groups.
segregated education.
discriminating against a group, especially on the basis of race.
a segregated economy.
set apart.
Other Word Forms
- segregatedly adverb
- segregatedness noun
- nonsegregated adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of segregated1
Example Sentences
This created segregated schools with less funding and fewer resources for those in poor areas, which to this day are overcrowded and often suffer from the fallout of high crime, drug use and violence.
Built as a small hotel in 1925 and segregated in its early years, the property sold to Black businessman Walter Bailey in 1945.
We know from experience why the country had DEI programs, because we remember Jim Crow and its vestiges in segregated schools and neighborhoods.
Dr McCloud, who stepped down from their High Court role court last year, said the Supreme Court judgement and equality watchdog's new guidance violated her human rights and she felt "contained and segregated".
Dr Victoria McCloud, who stepped down from court last year, said the judgement and equality watchdog's new guidance violated her human rights and she felt "contained and segregated".
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