segregation

See also: ségrégation

English

Etymology

1555.[1] From 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. (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).
  6. (genetics) The separation of a pair of chromatids or chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis

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Translations
politics, public policy — See also translations at apartheid
sociology — See also translations at apartheid

References
  1. Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

segregation

  1. (sociology) segregation (of cultures)

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