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segregation
[seg-ri-gey-shuhn]
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.
segregation
/ ˌɛɡɪˈɡɪʃə /
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 gametes See 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
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.)
Other Word Forms
- segregational adjective
- antisegregation noun
- nonsegregation noun
- resegregation noun
- unsegregational adjective
- ˌˈپDzԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of segregation1
Example Sentences
In 1958, President Eisenhower invoked the Insurrection Act to deploy troops to Arkansas to enforce the Supreme Court’s decision ending racial segregation in schools, and to defend Black students against a violent mob.
Elections during Jim Crow segregation were supposedly "free and fair," and they were anything but.
The MoJ said protective body armour is used in segregation units and specialist areas for situations that are deemed as high risk.
After being jailed, Yaxley-Lennon lost a bid to bring a legal challenge against the Ministry of Justice over his segregation from other prisoners at the jail in March.
DC: The history of the United States is a history of segregation.
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