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

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

Like his brother, Victor navigated the segregated South as a light-skinned Black man. —Erika Hayasaki, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025

In Washington, the GENIUS Act would force issuers to hold segregated Treasuries and operate bankruptcy-remote trusts—a half‑step toward the banking tent without deposit insurance. —Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025

Hubert, an 18-year-old African American divinity student at Morehouse College, was lynched in June 1930 by a mob of seven White men on the playground of a segregated Atlanta school. —Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 25 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