segregation

See also ségrégation

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

1555. From Latin segregatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛɡɹəˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/

Noun

segregation (plural segregations)

1. The setting apart or separation of things or people, as a natural process, a manner of organizing people that may be voluntary or enforced by law.
2. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (biology) The Mendelian Law of Segregation related to genetic transmission or geographical segregation of various species.
3. (mineralogy) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
4. (politics, public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).
5. (sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).

Related terms

• segregate
• segregative
• segregator

Derived terms

• segregationist

Antonyms

• desegregation

Translations

setting apart or separation

• Bulgarian: отделяне, разделяне, изолиране (bg) m (otdeljane, razdeljane, izolirane)
• Catalan: segregació (ca) f
• Estonian: eraldamine (et)
• German: Trennung (de) f

• Scottish Gaelic: dealachadh (gd) m
• Spanish: segregación (es) f
• Turkish: ayırma (tr)

biology

mineralogy

politics, public policy — See also translations at : apartheid

German: Rassentrennung (de) f (racial segregation), Geschlechtertrennung (de) f (sexual segregation)

Turkish: ayrımcılık (tr), ırk ayrımı (tr)

sociology — See also translations at : apartheid

German: Rassentrennung (de) f (racial segregation), Geschlechtertrennung (de) f (sexual segregation)

Turkish: cinsiyet ayrımcılığı (tr), kadın erkek ayrımcılığı (tr)

Anagrams

• Saint George