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Synonyms for segregate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb seg-ri-geyt; noun seg-ri-git, -geyt
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈsɛg rɪˌgeɪt; noun ˈsɛg rɪ gɪt, -ˌgeɪt

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Définition of segregate

Origin :
  • 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.
  • verb discriminate and separate
Example sentences :
  • In the society of weeds there is this tendency to segregate, quite as in human society.
  • Extract from : « In the Open » by Stanton Davis Kirkham
  • He had failed to segregate the men from the women in the provincial prison.
  • Extract from : « The Audiencia in the Spanish Colonies » by Charles Henry Cunningham
  • Then again, New York grew too rapidly to segregate any race.
  • Extract from : « Half a Man » by Mary White Ovington
  • The ommatidium is from the first segregate and consists of few cells.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 » by Various
  • We could not segregate the sick, nor could we care for them.
  • Extract from : « South Sea Tales » by Jack London
  • They did not segregate into a parlor class and a kitchen class.
  • Extract from : « Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. » by S. A. Reilly
  • Short of use made of them, they tend to segregate into a peculiar world of their own.
  • Extract from : « Democracy and Education » by John Dewey
  • No attempt is made to segregate the entries by year, since we are interested in the total, not the annual increment.
  • Extract from : « The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California » by S. F. Cook
  • It shows in Scorpio and Limulus a tendency to segregate into minor groups or “ommatidia.”
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 » by Various
  • I would not segregate them, because I respect a man's free-will and his front-door and his right to be tried by his peers.
  • Extract from : « Eugenics and Other Evils » by G. K. Chesterton

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