segregation
The act of setting apart and organizing things based upon their characteristicsThe act of setting apart and organizing things based upon their characteristics.
» I don't agree with segregation of people by race.
Ich bin gegen die Rassentrennung.
Meaning
9 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of setting apart and organizing things based upon their characteristics.
(countable, uncountable)The separation of people based upon race, sex, religion, or other identity in institutions.
(countable, uncountable)The setting apart in Mendelian inheritance of alleles, such that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring.
Trennung
отделе́ниеotdelénije, разделе́ниеrazdelénije
(countable, uncountable)Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
сегрега́ціяsehrehácija
(countable, uncountable)The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).
(countable, uncountable)The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).
(countable, uncountable)The separation of a pair of chromatids or chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis
(genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes
(countable, uncountable)Separation for practical reasons, by necessity.
(countable, uncountable)The separation of a subset of prisoners from the general prison population, possibly solitary confinement.
Examples
10 sentencesI don't agree with segregation of people by race.
deIch bin gegen die Rassentrennung.
The masses are entirely ignorant of the segregation problem.
The first point to be discussed is whether segregation existed in this district.
Segregation of employees on the grounds of race is also unlawful.
deDie Rassentrennung von Mitarbeitern ist auch rechtswidrig.
I'm against racial segregation.
ruЯ против расовой сегрегации.
deIch bin gegen die Rassentrennung.
Translations
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Origin
1555. From Latin segregatio. Morphologically segregate + -ion.1555. From Latin segregatio. Morphologically segregate + -ion.
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Forms
plural: segregations| Singular | segregation |
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- the act of segregating or sequestering:sequestration
- a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups:separatism
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable