Segregation

Pronunciation: /ˌsɛɡrəˈɡeɪʃən/

Segregation (noun)

  1. Keeping people of different races apart in schools, housing, or other areas.
  2. Dividing people or things into different groups based on certain characteristics.
  3. The process where different genes are separated during the formation of reproductive cells.

Examples

  • The policy enforced segregation in public schools.
  • Segregation was a significant issue in the past.

Common collocations: racial segregation, enforce segregation, end segregation, group segregation, practice segregation

Synonyms of Segregation

Formal

Neutral

Antonyms of Segregation

  • social or group contexts
  • bringing together previously separated entities