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Synonyms for segregation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : seg-ri-gey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌsɛg rɪˈgeɪ ʃən


Définition of segregation

Origin :
  • 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]
  • noun separation
Example sentences :
  • Only the first is distinguished by the segregation of the quartz.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • We accept the segregation of other objects raised in that whirlwind.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • Many other falls we shall have record of, and in most of them segregation is the great mystery.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • Over and over in these annals of the damned occurs the datum of segregation.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • Segregation, a phenomenon of the utmost novelty, was thus revealed.
  • Extract from : « Evolution in Modern Thought » by Ernst Haeckel
  • The inference was clear that segregation was not only normal but best.
  • Extract from : « Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 » by Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
  • The problem of segregation could best be solved by the policymakers.
  • Extract from : « Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 » by Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
  • Segregation is the nucleus and backbone of the White Slave Traffic.
  • Extract from : « Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls » by Various
  • In this group of species there is no segregation of sclerenchyma into an effective tissue.
  • Extract from : « The Genus Pinus » by George Russell Shaw
  • The application for segregation of 200,000 acres of irrigable land had been granted.
  • Extract from : « The Lady Doc » by Caroline Lockhart

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