segregationseg‧re‧ga‧tion /ˌseɡrɪˈɡeɪʃən/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 
racial segregationsegregation of the segregation of men and women
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Civil rights protestors called for an end to all segregation.
- Legal segregation may be gone, but the idea of segregation survives, as middle class black families shun white areas, preferring to live in suburbs of their own.
- Racial segregation in schools still exists in some southern states.
- Racial segregation was outlawed by the Supreme Court in 1954.
- The US Supreme Court ruled in 1954 that segregation in schools was unconstitutional.
- Cara recognized it as typical West Riding segregation, the men together, the women likewise.
- Peres now has endorsed a plan favored by his assassinated predecessor, Yitzhak Rabin, that calls for strict segregation.
- Proposals to scatter public housing, thus breaking the segregation pattern, were killed by City Hall.
- The segregation of departments according to media, rather than along historical periods, has always been a hallmark of the Louvre.
- The need for a policy of segregation was questionable even at the time that the legislation was enacted.
- This is because segregation within any given workplace is more severe than that shown by national statistics covering all workplaces.
- Warders in riot gear stormed the room after four hours and marched the 12 protesters to a segregation block.
Longman Language Activatorwhen people of different races come together or are kept apart
the bringing or coming together of people of different races so that they live and work peacefully together: · In the 1960s the government passed a law to promote racial integration in schools.· Members of extreme right wing parties are completely opposed to the integration of blacks into white South African society.
keeping people of different races apart and making them live, work, or study separately, especially because one race believes that it is better than the other: · The US Supreme Court ruled in 1954 that segregation in schools was unconstitutional.· Legal segregation may be gone, but the idea of segregation survives, as middle class black families shun white areas, preferring to live in suburbs of their own.
to separate people from each other, the rest of society etc to keep two or more people apart, especially so that they cannot cause any trouble together: · Teachers thought it best to separate Paul and Fred and put them in different classes.separate somebody from somebody: · Separating prisoners from each other is sometimes the only way of preventing riots.
to separate two or more people so that they cannot talk to or harm each other: · At the party it seemed only sensible to keep her ex-husband and her new boyfriend apart.keep sb apart from: · Sex offenders are often kept apart from other prisoners for their own safety.
to keep someone away from other people, especially because they are suffering from an infectious disease: · We used to routinely isolate people who had measles.isolate somebody from: · The six other patients were immediately isolated from the infected four.
to separate someone from the people they are usually with: · She realized that he was trying to cut her off from her friends.· It's easy to get cut off from your family when you first go overseas.
to separate one group of people from others, especially because of their race, sex, religion etc: · Schools should not segregate children with disabilities.· Faith-based schools would only segregate society further.be segregated from: · Male prisoners were strictly segregated from the females.
the practice of keeping people of different races apart and making them live, work, or study separately, especially because one race believes that members of the other race are not as good as they are: · Racial segregation in schools still exists in some southern states.· Civil rights protestors called for an end to all segregation.
the former South African political and social system in which black and white races had to go to separate schools, live in separate areas etc as a way of keeping white people in their position of power: · Mandela was in prison for over 25 years for opposing apartheid in South Africa.· an anti-apartheid organization
separated from other people because you have or may have an infectious illness that they could catch if they were with you: · One of the crew caught smallpox, and soon they were all in quarantine.put somebody in quarantine: · All animals entering the UK used to have to be put in quarantine.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY racial segregationCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
when people of different races, sexes, or religions are kept apart so that they live, work, or study separately OPP integration: racial segregation (=when people of different races are kept apart and forced to live, work etc separately)· The 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibited racial segregation in public buildings.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Ending legal segregation has not been enough to end segregation itself.
· It remains to this day one of the most potent monuments to racial segregation.· Mrs Nkabule has lived her 32 years on the front line of brutal racial and economic segregation.· Legal racial segregation has been outlawed; blacks have the vote; votes are pretty much equal in value.· A Negro dies of heart failure, they blame it on racial segregation.
· None the less other work has confirmed Pahl's view that inmigration would lead to social segregation.· The civilian crew of the Kora Sea observed strict social segregation, so Hicks and Gaylord played in nearly total silence.
NOUN· To explore the mode of inheritance further we performed a complex segregation analysis.· Assuming genetic influences, the mode of inheritance can be investigated by segregation analysis of pedigree data.
racial segregationsegregation of the segregation of men and women