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segregated Definition

seg·re·gated (segrə gāt′id)

adjective

☆ conforming to a system that segregates racial groups

segregated Synonyms

segregated

modif.

divided into racial groups, divided along racial lines, excluded, isolated, according to Jim Crow restrictions, ghettoized; see also separated.

segregated Usage Examples

Preposition: from

  • rest: The workhouse inmates were segregated from the rest of the congregation.
  • traffic: Unlike light rail systems which are segregated from traffic for the majority of their route.
  • society: Children are increasingly segregated from wider society, in schools, nurseries and out-of-school clubs.

Preposition: in

term: There are 17 towns classified as highly segregated in terms of dominance, and they contain 78 % of the province's urban population.

Modifies a noun

  • schooling: The majority of Roma children receive segregated schooling, which takes the form of low standard ' Roma classes ' .
  • neighborhood: In most cases the schools are simply reflecting the ethnic makeup of highly segregated neighborhoods, according to Prof Burgess.
  • lane: Many trunk roads have segregated lanes, or are motorway standard.
  • setting: All the other video material shows deaf children in segregated settings.
  • portfolio: Where CAF performs services on an agency basis for other charities, the related investments are maintained in segregated portfolios.
  • classroom: They gave their rationale for why they believed Paul should remain in the segregated classroom.

Modifying Another Word

  • racially: In the context of racially segregated America, the play looks inwards to explore the pressures upon family unity.
  • religiously: What is much more damaging is his enthusiasm for religiously segregated schools.
  • ethnically: Future developments in this area should guard against the creation of ethnically segregated schooling ' .
  • strictly: Quite large numbers of South Koreans visit the north, but only to a strictly segregated resort, run by Hyundai.
  • socially: They are the largest socially segregated group anywhere in the world, and make up nearly 3 per cent of the world's population.
  • physically: EU regulations say cycle paths should be physically segregated from motor traffic.

Used with adjective complement

  • remain: Pay structures Occupations remain strongly segregated by gender even in larger organizations.
  • become: About 90 % of public sector housing in Northern Ireland has become segregated.
  • feel: We do not have a fully trained youth theater leader to lead the sessions and the group feels very segregated.
  • keep: The men made the journey first, and when the women and children arrived, they were kept segregated.