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Synonyms for segregation
ˌsɛg rɪˈgeɪ ʃənseg·re·ga·tion

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Wiktionary5.0 / 2 votes

  1. segregationnoun

    Antonyms:
    desegregation

  2. segregationnoun

    Antonyms:
    desegregation

  3. segregationnoun

    Antonyms:
    desegregation

  4. segregationnoun

    Antonyms:
    desegregation

  5. segregationnoun

    Antonyms:
    desegregation

  6. segregationnoun

    Antonyms:
    desegregation

Princeton's WordNet4.5 / 2 votes

  1. segregationnoun

    (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes

    Synonyms:
    separatism, sequestration

    Antonyms:
    integrating, desegregation, integration

  2. segregation, separatismnoun

    a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups

    Synonyms:
    separationism, separatism, sequestration

    Antonyms:
    desegregation, integration, integrating

  3. segregation, sequestrationnoun

    the act of segregating or sequestering

    "sequestration of the jury"

    Synonyms:
    requisition, separatism, sequestration

    Antonyms:
    desegregation, integrating, integration

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ghettoisation

    it is about separation of minorities in the society.

    ghettoisation of minorities is an evil of body politics.

    Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. segregationnoun

    Synonyms:
    separation, disconnection, insulation, isolation, detachment

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "segregation":

    separation, isolation, segregating, apartheid, unbundling, disengagement

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rankingword
#6234separation
#8045isolation
#19042segregation
#22544apartheid
#31826requisition
#37070sequestration
#42125disengagement
#59447unbundling
#78275separatism
#86645segregating

How to use segregation in a sentence?

  1. Damien Georges Awoumou:

    We are witnessing a situation where the IAAF (World Athletics) through these regulations is using sports to discriminate against women with intersex variations and to reinforce harmful gender stereotypes, the majority of athletes affected by the regulations are from the global south and for Africa these regulations remind us of the difficult and dark past of racial segregation.

  2. Stephen Menendian:

    What this study is illuminating is that racial residential segregation is the mechanism that sorts people into environments that are healthy, that are well resourced, and have access to strong amenities and public goods and those that have underinvested, disinvested( neighborhoods).

  3. Nicole Neily:

    Parents Defending Education is thrilled that Wellesley Public Schools has agreed to respect both the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of its students going forward. This settlement sends a clear message that racially segregating students in public schools is wrong – and there will be consequences. We have spent decades teaching our kids that racial segregation was and will always be wrong. We will not tolerate a return to segregation in 2022.

  4. Rhea Boyd:

    As the study notes, previous data has indicated that insurance status determines and sometimes racially segregates care in America, so we need to know if hospital segregation, and by virtue of segregation, lower hospital quality, contributes to this outcome.

  5. Duncan Tonatiuh:

    The villain here is racism and segregation, at the end of the book, what I wanted to show is the Mexican American children and the White children being in school together and playing together and interacting with each other.


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