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segregation

See also: ségrégation

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1555.[1] From Latin segregatio. Morphologically segregate +‎ -ion

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  • IPA(key): /sɛɡɹəˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/
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segregation (countable and uncountable, plural segregations)

  1. 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.
  2. (biology) The setting apart in Mendelian inheritance of alleles, such that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring.
  3. (mineralogy) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
  4. (politics, public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).
  5. (sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).
  6. (genetics) The separation of a pair of chromatids or chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis

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  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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segregation

  1. (sociology) segregation (of cultures)

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segregation c

  1. segregation
    Antonym: desegregation

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Declension of segregation 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative segregation segregationen segregationer segregationerna
Genitive segregations segregationens segregationers segregationernas

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