segregation Definition
seg·re·ga·tion (seg′rə gā′s̸hən)
noun
- a segregating or being segregated; specif., the policy or practice of compelling racial groups to live apart from each other, go to separate schools, use separate social facilities, etc.
- Genetics the separation of allelic genes into different gametes during meiosis so that a particular gamete receives only one member of a pair of characters
Etymology: LL segregatio
segregation Synonyms
segregation
n.
The act of separating
dissociation, disconnection, separation; see division 1.The separation of racial groups
exclusion, discrimination, racial segregation, apartheid, Jim Crowism, Jim Crow.
segregation Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- chromosome: HR is also essential in most eukaryotes for promoting the correct segregation of homologous chromosomes during the first meiotic division.
- pedestrian: We hope there will be no more fences for physical segregation of pedestrians from traffic.
- duty: Segregation of duties should continue during periods of leave or sickness absence.
- sex: There is no segregation of the sexes during hibernation.
Converse of object
- enforce: Guards and military police enforced segregation from the outside world.
- tackle: It concluded in February 2003 that failure to tackle racial segregation had potentially disastrous consequences.
- resist: The variable pitch of the screw flights uniformly draws material from the hopper and resists segregation of the product.
- reinforce: This revealed that, while school development could be enhanced, " school choice reinforces segregation both ethnically and in terms of performance " .
Adjective modifier
- racial: Racial segregation was a reality in Virginia in the epidemic years.
- occupational: Another key concern is ' occupational segregation ' , where women get to do only certain types of jobs.
- residential: Residential segregation between two ethnic groups is likely to indicate some significant difference between them.
- sectarian: As a result of these concerns, the definition of sectarian segregation used in the research has broadened.
- auditory: Effects of attention and unilateral neglect on auditory stream segregation.
- concurrent: The results, combined with recent psychophysical evidence, suggest that differences in pulse rate are unlikely to prove useful for concurrent sound segregation.
Modifies a noun
indices: The united states segregation indices for family share of.
Noun used with modifier
- chromosome: The production of gametes, be they sperm in males or eggs in females, requires major changes in the mechanism of chromosome segregation.
- gender: This passion for donkeys, a direct result of gender segregation, later spread to Persia.
- stream: Second, we investigated the neural basis of stream segregation using fMRI.
- sex: Vertical Sex Segregation in Nordic countries; start 2005.
- waste: A five skip waste segregation system has resulted in a 65 % reduction in waste volume against ' average ' .
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