segregation

See also: ségrégation

English

Etymology

1555. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin segregatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛɡɹəˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/

Noun

segregation (countable and uncountable, 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. (biology) The setting apart in Mendelian inheritance of alleles, such that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring.
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).
6. (genetics) The separation of a pair of chromatids or chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis

Synonyms

• apartheid

Antonyms

• desegregation

Derived terms

• segregationist
• segregation distorter

Related terms

• segregate
• segregative
• segregator

Translations

setting apart or separation

• Bulgarian: отделяне (bg) n (otdeljane), разделяне (bg) n (razdeljane), изолиране (bg) n (izolirane)
• Catalan: segregació (ca) f
• Estonian: eraldamine
• French: ségrégation (fr) f, séparation (fr) f
• German: Trennung (de) f
• Maori: whakatāuketanga, tāuketanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: (of sexes) kjønnsdeling m or f

  Nynorsk: (of sexes) kjønnsdeling f

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• Persian: تفکیک (fa) (tafkik), جداسازی (fa) (jodâ-sâzi)
• Portuguese: segregação (pt) f
• Russian: отделе́ние (ru) n (otdelénije), разделе́ние (ru) n (razdelénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: dealachadh m
• Spanish: segregación f
• Turkish: ayırma (tr)

biology

• Persian: جدایی (fa) (ǰodāyī), تفکیک (fa) (tafkīk)
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mineralogy

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politics, public policy — see also apartheid

• German: Rassentrennung (de) f (racial segregation), Geschlechtertrennung f (sexual segregation)
• Portuguese: segregação (pt) f
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• Russian: сегрега́ция (ru) f (segregácija)
• Turkish: ayrımcılık (tr), ırk ayrımı

sociology — see also apartheid

• Danish: segregation
• German: Rassentrennung (de) f (racial segregation), Geschlechtertrennung f (sexual segregation)
• Portuguese: segregação (pt) f
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• Russian: сегрега́ция (ru) f (segregácija)
• Turkish: cinsiyet ayrımcılığı, kadın erkek ayrımcılığı

Anagrams

• Saint George

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Danish

Noun

segregation

1. (sociology) segregation (of cultures)

Coordinate terms

• assimilation, pluralistisk integration