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Definition of segregation
1 : the act or process of segregating : the state of being segregated
2a : the separation or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group by enforced or voluntary residence in a restricted area, by barriers to social intercourse, by separate educational facilities, or by other discriminatory meansb : the separation for special treatment or observation of individuals or items from a larger group segregation of gifted children into accelerated classes
3 : the separation of allelic genes that occurs typically during meiosis
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Examples of segregation in a Sentence
They fought to end the segregation of public schools.
the segregation of men and women
Recent Examples of segregation from the Web
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The first set has to do with a student's family resources, residential segregation and neighborhood factors.
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Yet there are deeper societal problems at play as well, including long histories of poverty, joblessness, segregation and neglect in pockets of the South and West sides.
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An appellate panel of New Jersey Superior Court rejected the board’s claim that the charter increased segregation in the district.
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While studying at Howard University, Pauli made a bet with her professor that Plessy v. Ferguson, the 1896 constitutional law that upheld legal segregation, would be overturned within 25 years.
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Meanwhile, one of the best stories, by Beth Ann Nichols, tied to the tournament was found in Golf Week, namely a profile of the biracial grandson of a biracial granddad who suffered racist segregation years earlier.
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Clearly the police had taken on the role of enforcing an unannounced but very real form of segregation in that St. Louis suburb.
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To ya Toivo and his supporters, South African rule became particularly intolerable after the country instituted its apartheid system of racial segregation in 1948.
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As in many cities, patterns of segregation continue to shape where people live.
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First Known Use of segregation
1555
Other Sociology Terms
SEGREGATION Defined for English Language Learners
segregation
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: the practice or policy of keeping people of different races, religions, etc., separate from each other
SEGREGATION Defined for Kids
segregation
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: the practice or policy of separating a race, class, or group from the rest of society
Medical Dictionary
segregation
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: the separation of allelic genes that occurs typically during meiosis
Law Dictionary
segregation
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1 : separation of individuals or groups and especially racial groups — compare desegregation de facto segregation : segregation of racial groups that arises as a result of economic, social, or other factors rather than by operation or enforcement of laws or other official state action de jure segregation : segregation intended or mandated by law or otherwise intentionally arising from state action Editor's note: De jure segregation is illegal.
2 : separate confinement of prisoners within a penal institution
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