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Segregation

/sɛɡɹəˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/

The setting apart or separation of things or people, as a natural process, a manner of organizing people that may be voluntary or enforced by law.

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📖 Definitions of "Segregation"

noun

1
The setting apart or separation of things or people, as a natural process, a manner of organizing people that may be voluntary or enforced by law.
2
The setting apart in Mendelian inheritance of alleles, such that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring.
3
Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
4
(public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).

🔄 Synonyms of "Segregation"

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Word	Definition
sequestrationnoun	The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.

↔️ Antonyms of "Segregation"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
integrationnoun	The act or process of making whole or entire.
integrating	That integrates.
desegregationnoun	The act or process of eliminating segregation.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Segregation"

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Word	Definition
sequestrationnoun	The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
desegregationnoun	The act or process of eliminating segregation.
secessionnoun	The act of seceding.
marginalisationnoun	(British spelling) Alternative spelling of marginalization. [The act of marginalizing.]
classificationnoun	The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.
compartmentalisationnoun	(British spelling) Alternative form of compartmentalization. [Division into compartments or parts.]
marginalizationnoun	The act of marginalizing.
distributionnoun	An act of distributing or state of being distributed.
apportionmentnoun	(US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
divisionnoun	(uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
compartmentalizationnoun	Division into compartments or parts.
allocationnoun	The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
subdivisionnoun	(countable, uncountable) A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.
quarantinenoun	A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
partitioningnoun	The act or result of dividing into partitions; an arrangement of partitions.
segmentationnoun	The act or an instance of dividing into segments.
partitionnoun	An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.
dividenoun	A thing that divides.
partingnoun	A farewell, the act of departing politely.
triagenoun	(medicine) The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury).