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

There was Hattie McDaniel, who won an Oscar for Gone with the Wind in 1940 but was forced to sit in a segregated section of the ceremony. —Essence, 9 Apr. 2025

In 2018, less than two decades after Potter lifted the order, Charlotte-Mecklenburg was the most segregated school district in North Carolina. —Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025

Critics of the law likened it to measures adopted during the segregated Jim Crow-era, which aimed to depress the Black vote. —Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025

Hollywood as a city where humans and cartoons uneasily coexist—most notably in the segregated Toontown. —Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 21 May 2025

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