segregated

adjective

seg·​re·​gat·​ed ˈse-gri-ˌgā-təd 

1

a

: set apart or separated from others of the same kind or group

a segregated account in a bank

b

: divided in facilities or administered separately for members of different groups or races

segregated education

c

: restricted to members of one group or one race by a policy of segregation

segregated schools

2

: practicing or maintaining segregation especially of races

segregated states

Examples of segregated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

She was educated at Dunbar High School as part of the school’s last segregated class. —Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026

On 2 March 1955, Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old African- American high-school student, boarded a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, taking a window seat. —The Week Uk, TheWeek, 24 Jan. 2026

The effects of decades of redlining and zoning that segregated communities are still felt. —Heidi Vonblum, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026

Much of the opposition to the civil-rights movement was organized through segregated churches. —Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1652, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for segregated

• abdicated
• abrogated
• acclimated
• activated
• actuated
• adumbrated
• advocated
• aggravated
• aggregated
• agitated
• allocated
• alternated

Kids Definition

segregated

adjective

1

a

: set apart from others of the same kind or group

b

: divided in facilities or administered separately for members of different groups or races

c

: restricted to one group or race by a policy of segregation

segregated schools

2

: practicing or maintaining segregation especially of races