segregation
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5.3
- noun
- /ˌsɛɡrəˈɡeɪʃən/
- Offensive
- Thereby making segregation in schools or any public place illegal across this nation.
- spatial segregation
- racial segregation
- residential segregation
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Watch on YouTubeYou can't solve the sort of segregation problems just with schools.
- You can't solve the sort of segregation problems just with schools.
- Right, Because the ties between homophily and residential segregation are deep and profound.
- I think that the segregation of the classes has manifested.
- But I feel that there is definitely, there is definitely segregation within women and men in the church.
- It began with words, with segregation, segmentation, restriction of employment rights, and seizure of property.
- And in fact, he, Buckley wrote a letter to his mother saying, you know, how, how can we support segregation if these blacks are our fellow Christians?
- Despite the introduction of anti segregation laws, racist and physical and verbal abuse continues in various forms today.
- King would say these are they're not segregation laws, but they're something that's pretty much as bad as as segregation laws.
- Well, if it's the case that Jim Crow segregation is really as bad for black people as you say it is, there should be so much anger.
- But an alternative genealogy comes into view that really stretches back through racially divisive politics and it stretches back to segregation.
- And one of the black women in who it's actually about in an interview said I didn't feel any segregation at NASA.
- So, you know, for this area that claimed to be founded on anti racism and social justice, there was racial segregation.
- Our culture is segregation in Saint Louis.
- And then you have, you know, a few decades of segregation.
- So isolation, it isn't like mainstream segregation where people are shouting out at the windows.
- So this was when it was at its peace peak for segregation.
- I know those are not huge numbers, but I feel like there there's going to be, that's one of the solutions is that you'll see this further segregation essentially.
Examples
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The law aimed to end segregation by ensuring that all children could attend the same schools regardless of their background.
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You can't solve the sort of segregation problems just with schools.
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But I feel that there is definitely, there is definitely segregation within women and men in the church.
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In social studies, I learned the facts of segregation; the South seemed far away.
Fiction book (1996) -
The problem of occupational segregation includes race as well as sex differences in jobs.
Academic text (1990) -
The increasing occupational segregation of men and women worldwide makes this a particularly difficult challenge to meet.
Academic text (1998) -
A University of Chicago study indicates that segregation is more entrenched in American cities today than ever imagined.
Academic text (1990) -
In support of this, African-American newspapers in Omaha often complained of segregation and job discrimination.
Academic text (1994) -
The dark and desolate valley of segregation contrasts with the sunlit path of racial justice.
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These churches are about overcoming, say segregation, overcoming racial differentiation.
Synonyms
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3.7
A state of being alone and cut off from other people physically or emotionally
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4.2
A situation when someone is not allowed to join or take part in a group
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3.2
The act of putting things into different groups
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7.9
Leaving someone out of a group on purpose
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6.6
A situation where things are kept apart from others, for example work and personal life
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8.6
Keeping something or someone apart from others, often by official action
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7.9
A system that keeps groups apart and gives some far worse services, for example in internet access or housing
A place or group that is cut off and surrounded by a different area
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
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6.5
Keeping people apart because of their race, for example in schools or public places
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8.0
Separation of people into different schools or neighborhoods that happens without a law
- Specialized
When sex cells form, paired chromosomes separate so each cell gets one from the pair
How Segregated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Segregation comes from the Latin parts se- 'apart' and grex 'flock' and shares the root with congregate (to gather). So, segregation is the action of putting people or things 'apart' from others, which is why we use it for separating groups or sorting items like waste.