segregate
pronunciation
How to pronounce segregate in British English:
UK [ˈseɡrɪɡeɪt]
How to pronounce segregate in American English:
US [ˈseɡrɪɡeɪt]
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- Verb:
- separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
- divide from the main body or mass and collect
- separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others
Word Origin
- segregate
- segregate: [16] The etymological idea underlying segregate is of ‘removal from a flock’. The word comes from Latin sēgregāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix sē- ‘apart’ and grex ‘flock’ (source also of English aggregate, congregation, egregious [16], and gregarious [17]).=> aggregate, congregation, egregious, gregarious
- segregate (v.)
- 1540s, from Latin segregatus, past participle of segregare "set apart, lay aside; isolate; divide," literally "separate from the flock," from *se gregare, from se "apart from" (see secret (n.)) + grege, ablative of grex "herd, flock" (see gregarious). Originally often with reference to the religious notion of separating the flock of the godly from sinners. In modern social context, "to force or enforce racial separation and exclusion," 1908. Related: Segregated; segregating.
Example
- 1. No wonder the three archetypes have tended to segregate themselves .
- 2. Capital controls segregate domestic and foreign investors .
- 3. A culture that does not just segregate women , but enshrines in law that they are second-class citizens is hardly one worth preserving .
- 4. " Is it ever good to segregate on the basis of race , income or age ? I think the answer is no , " fabes said .
- 5. You have to be willing to segregate yourself from the world for months at a time , letting your imagination take over and propelling you through a fantasy land populated by your fictional characters .