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Segregation
Meaning
Noun
●
The
setting apart
or
separation
of things or people, as a natural process, a
manner
of
organizing
people that may be
voluntary
or
enforced
by law.
●
In Biology:
The
setting apart
in Mendelian
inheritance
of
alleles
,
such that
each
parent
passes
only one
allele
to its offspring.
●
In Mineralogy:
Separation from a
mass
, and
gathering
about
centers
or into
cavities
at hand
through
cohesive
or
adhesive
attraction
or the
crystallizing
process.
●
In Politics:
The
separation
of people (geographically,
residentially
, or in
businesses
,
public transit
, etc) into
racial
or other
categories
(e.g.
religion
, sex).
●
In Sociology:
The
separation
of people (geographically,
residentially
, or in
businesses
,
public transit
, etc) into various
categories
which
occurs
due to social
forces
(culture, etc).
●
In Genetics:
The
separation
of a
pair
of
chromatids
or
chromosomes
during
mitosis
and meiosis
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Antonyms
Desegregation
Related
Separation
Discrimination
Slavery
Exclusion
Isolation
Inequality
Racism
Oppression
Repression
Stratification
Prejudice
Marginalization
Miscegenation
Division
Equality
Racial
Inequalities
Injustice
Disenfranchisement
Stereotyping
Violence
Disparity
Assimilation
Hierarchy
Alienation
Sexism
Homophobia
Classification
Distinction
Poverty
Diversity
Corruption
Fragmentation
Mixing
Removal
Subordination
Blacks
Migration
Allocation
Racial Discrimination
Institutional Racism
Affirmative Action
Jim Crow
White Supremacy
Racial Integration
Racial Profiling
Positive Discrimination
Jim Crow Laws
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