SEGREGATIVE Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

segregative

adjective

Definition of segregative

as in inequitable

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Adjective

Funding schools with local wealth is inherently inequitable, but voters are much more likely to support raising local taxes over state ones.

— Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
Systemic racism, including historical redlining and inequitable housing policies contributed to poorer health outcomes and increased loss of life among the county’s Black residents, according to that report.

— Sofi Zeman August 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of inequitable

Adjective

These girls make mistakes and learn lessons while living in unfair, unequal and unjust societies in need of change.

— Tara Strauch, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Rodriguez hopes voters connect instead with his vision for the office — one of an attorney general who takes on unjust landlords and multimillion-dollar corporations, especially those in the insurance and utility industries.

— Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of unjust

Adjective

In recent days, the United States proposed new terms that were uneconomic, unfair and undermine the net benefits for Canada, and called into question the reliability of any deal.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
And many of the 1970s nationalization of most major oil companies holdings in oil exporting nations were partly due to the sense that the original concession agreements were unfair.

— Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of unfair

Adjective

Two of the highest-ranking law enforcement officials in California are publicly sparring over the integrity of state elections, trading barbs on social media that highlight the fierce partisan divide on the issue heading into the November midterms.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
In a country increasingly divided along political ideologies, partisan politics are coming together to answer the age old dynamic between privacy and security.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of partisan

Adjective

When the community is hostile toward or distrustful of a particular minority group, police may feel that discriminatory behavior toward that group is justified.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Other retailers have also pulled merchandise that critics deemed racially insensitive, discriminatory or offensive after public backlash and social media protests.

— Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of discriminatory

Adjective

But the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned the murder convictions this May and ordered a retrial, saying Colleton County’s then-clerk tainted the first trial with what the defense said was prejudicial comments to the jury.

— Devon M. Sayers, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
So, coming off recent and possibly prejudicial endorsements from Ari Emanuel and Chris Wallace — both of whom do big-money business with Paramount — plus a mixed Q2 earnings report Tuesday, what is the younger Ellison to do?

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of prejudicial

Adjective

Relevant and reliable numbers reveal that under and throughout de Blasio’s two mayoral terms the NYPD resumed its aggressive, starkly biased tactics.

— Robert Gangi, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026
The college’s Board of Trustees subsequently successfully sought to disqualify Ruiz from handling future cases involving the college and the presidential library, arguing that she was personally biased in favor of Dunn.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026

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