Synonyms of segregation

segregation

noun

ˌse-gri-ˈgā-shən 

as in solitude

the state of being alone or kept apart from others

the segregation of voters while casting their ballots is meant to preserve political privacy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• solitude
• isolation
• privacy
• loneliness
• separateness
• insulation
• seclusion
• aloneness
• sequestration
• confinement
• solitariness
• internment
• secludedness
• retirement
• withdrawal
• vacuum
• quarantine
• incarceration
• lonesomeness
• ghettoization

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• society
• company
• companionship
• fellowship
• camaraderie
• comradeship

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of segregation

Through Jim Crow segregation and the Civil Rights era, those leaders were nearly all Democrats. — Bill Barrow, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026

Greenwood’s segregation ordinance remained in effect until 1967, when a complaint by the NAACP prompted the city to repeal its discriminatory burial restrictions. — Sarah M. Boye, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026

The white South African group governed the nation for decades under a brutal system of segregation known as apartheid, which kept the Black majority an impoverished underclass until the system was dismantled in 1994. — Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 5 Nov. 2026

Its building, which became the union’s headquarters in 1930, provided a gathering place for Black musicians during segregation and remains closely associated with the development of Kansas City jazz. — Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2026