'Segregation' definitions:
Definition of 'segregation'
(from WordNet)
noun
(genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes
noun
A social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups [syn: segregation, separatism]
noun
The act of segregating or sequestering; "sequestration of the jury" [syn: segregation, sequestration] [ant: desegregation, integrating, integration]
Definition of 'Segregation'
From: GCIDE
- Segregation \Seg`re*ga"tion\, n. [L. segregatio: cf. F. s['e]gr['e]gation.]
- 1. The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Geol.) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'segregation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alien,
- alteration,
- analysis,
- anatomization,
- anti-Semitism,
- apartheid,
- apartness,
- atomization,
- black power,
- black supremacy,
- change,
- chauvinism,
- class consciousness,
- class distinction,
- class hatred,
- class prejudice,
- class war,
- color bar,
- color line,
- contradistinction,
- cordon,
- cordon sanitaire,
- cordoning off,
- demarcation,
- desynonymization,
- detachment,
- differencing,
- differentiation,
- discrimination,
- disequalization,
- disjunction,
- distinction,
- distinctiveness,
- distinguishment,
- diversification,
- division,
- ethnocentrism,
- exclusiveness,
- fascism,
- foreigner,
- hairsplitting,
- individualization,
- individuation,
- insularity,
- insulation,
- isolation,
- isolationism,
- Jim Crow,
- Jim Crow law,
- know-nothingism,
- male chauvinist,
- microscopic distinction,
- minority prejudice,
- modification,
- narrowness,
- nice distinction,
- nuance,
- out-group,
- outcast,
- outsider,
- parochialism,
- particularization,
- persona non grata,
- personalization,
- privacy,
- privatism,
- privatization,
- quarantine,
- quarantine flag,
- race hatred,
- race prejudice,
- race snobbery,
- racial discrimination,
- racial segregation,
- racialism,
- racism,
- recess,
- reclusion,
- red-baiting,
- retirement,
- retreat,
- rustication,
- sanitary cordon,
- seclusion,
- secrecy,
- separateness,
- separation,
- separatism,
- sequestration,
- severalization,
- severance,
- sex discrimination,
- sexism,
- shade of difference,
- snobbishness,
- social barrier,
- social discrimination,
- specialization,
- splendid isolation,
- stranger,
- subtle distinction,
- superpatriotism,
- tightness,
- trichoschistism,
- ultranationalism,
- variation,
- white power,
- white supremacy,
- withdrawal,
- xenophobia,
- yellow flag,
- yellow jack