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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. Compare law of segregation.
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 .)
Derived Forms
- ˌˈپDzԲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- r·tDz· adjective
- t·r·tDz noun adjective
- ԴDzȴ··tDz noun
- ȴ··tDz noun
- ܲȴ··tDz· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of segregation1
Example Sentences
Everyone should wear No. 42 jerseys in honor of Robinson, who famously broke baseball’s color line and also fought segregation in the military.
We helped defeat fascism in Europe, Americans can rightly claim; we also helped inspire Europe’s fascists, who looked longingly at the United States’ reactionary tradition of genocide and racial segregation.
I learned a lot about the history of our country and the importance of the law, our Constitution, the patience and determination and fortitude required in the dismantling of segregation in our country.
That segregation reflects and fuels the United States’ extreme political polarization and negative partisanship.
The judge said his segregation was ameliorated by him being allowed "some three hours per day out of his cell, which is more than twice the time allowed to convicted prisoners held in segregation".
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