segregation
The system or situation where people from different groups, especially different races, are kept apart in schools, housing, or public places.
The practice, system, or state of keeping people from different social groups, especially different races, apart in housing, education, public spaces, or other areas of life, often through laws, policies, or social customs.
The act of keeping different things apart by putting each type in its own place or group.
The act or process of separating different types of items or substances into distinct groups, especially for practical purposes such as recycling, safety, or organization.
In biology, the way genes or chromosomes move into different sex cells when a cell divides to make eggs or sperm.
In genetics and cell biology, the process by which pairs of chromosomes or alleles are separated and placed into different reproductive cells during meiosis or cell division.
- Base: segregation
- Plural: segregation, segregations
de facto segregation
1segregation happening in practice
Segregation that happens in real life because of choices and conditions, even if the law does not say that groups must be kept apart.
- Many cities show de facto segregation in schools due to neighborhood patterns.
- The court noted that de facto segregation can still have harmful effects.
de jure segregation
1segregation required by law
Segregation that is officially written into law, so that people from different groups must be kept apart by legal rules.
- De jure segregation in public schools was ruled unconstitutional.
- The country ended de jure segregation in the 1960s.
gender segregation
1separating people by gender
A situation where men and women, or boys and girls, are kept apart in places like schools, workplaces, or sports.
- Some countries have strict gender segregation in public spaces.
- The debate over gender segregation in sports is ongoing.
housing segregation
1separation of groups in housing
A situation where people from different groups, often different races or income levels, live in separate neighborhoods.
- Housing segregation has long-lasting effects on education and income.
- Policies were introduced to reduce housing segregation in the city.
school segregation
1separating students into different schools
A situation where students from different groups, especially different races, go to separate schools or are placed in separate classes.
- Many cities are still struggling with school segregation decades after it was banned.
- The study found that school segregation has increased in some districts.
segregation of duties
1dividing key responsibilities
A business rule where important steps in a process are given to different people so that one person cannot control everything and cheat.
- The company introduced segregation of duties to strengthen its internal controls.
- Auditors found that poor segregation of duties increased the risk of fraud.
segregation of waste
1separating garbage by type
Separating garbage into groups like paper, plastic, glass, and food so it can be treated or recycled in different ways.
- The city now requires segregation of waste at the household level.
- Proper segregation of waste helps reduce the amount sent to landfills.
racial segregation
1separation of races in society
A system where people of different races are kept apart in schools, housing, or other public places, often by law.
- The museum has a powerful exhibit on racial segregation in the 1950s.
- Racial segregation on buses was once legal in many parts of the country.
- Laws enforcing racial segregation were eventually declared unconstitutional.
- The report shows that racial segregation in housing remains a serious issue.
- She wrote her thesis on the long-term effects of racial segregation in cities.