Segregation
[,segrɪ'geɪʃ(ə)n] or ['sɛgrɪ'geʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of segregating or sequestering; 'sequestration of the jury'.
(noun.) a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups.
(noun.) (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes.
Checker: Tanya--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.
(n.) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Separation, disconnection, insulation, isolation, detachment.
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Examples
- The Segregation and Organization of Values. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- We then proceeded to an analysis of the various assumptions underlying this segregation. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The segregation which kills the vitality of history is divorce from present modes and concerns of social life. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Of the segregations of educational values discussed in the last chapter, that between culture and utility is probably the most fundamental. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Editor: Natasha