segregation
pronunciation
How to pronounce segregation in British English:
UK [ˌsegrɪˈgeɪʃn]
How to pronounce segregation in American English:
US [ˌsɛɡrɪˈɡeʃən]
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- Noun:
- (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes
- a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
- the act of segregating or sequestering
Word Origin
- segregation (n.)
- 1550s, "act of segregating," from Late Latin segregationem (nominative segregatio), noun of action from past participle stem of segregare (see segregate). Meaning "state of being segregated" is from 1660s. Specific U.S. sense of "enforced separation of races" is attested from 1883. Rarely are we met with a challenge, not to our growth or abundance, or our welfare or our security, but rather to the values and the purposes and the meaning of our beloved nation. The issue of equal rights for American Negroes is such an issue. And should we defeat every enemy, and should we double our wealth and conquer the stars, and still be unequal to this issue, then we will have failed as a people and as a nation. [Lyndon Johnson, speech introducing Voting Rights Act, March 15, 1965]
Example
- 1. Segregation by religion is one lasting effect of the carnage .
- 2. For them , gender segregation is analogous to racial separatism .
- 3. However , segregation of the three human types is now proceeding faster than ever before .
- 4. Mr. netanyahu has repeatedly denounced segregation .
- 5. In the absence of mass deportation , rakhine 's buddhists are intent on absolute segregation .