segregation
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See also: ségrégation
English
Etymology
1555. From Latin segregatio. Morphologically segregate + -ion
Pronunciation
Noun
segregation (countable and uncountable, plural segregations)
- 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.
- (biology) The setting apart in Mendelian inheritance of alleles, such that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring.
- (mineralogy) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
- (politics, public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).
- (sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).
- (genetics) The separation of a pair of chromatids or chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis
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Translations
setting apart or separation
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mineralogy
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politics, public policy — see also apartheid
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sociology — see also apartheid
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References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Anagrams
Danish
Noun
segregation
- (sociology) segregation (of cultures)
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Swedish
Noun
segregation c
- segregation
- Antonym: desegregation
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| Declension of segregation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | segregation | segregationen | segregationer | segregationerna |
| Genitive | segregations | segregationens | segregationers | segregationernas |