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Synonyms for segregated

Grammar : Adj
Spell : seg-ri-gey-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛg rɪˌgeɪ tɪd

Définition of segregated

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.
  • adj divided into racial or ethnic groups
Example sentences :
  • The segregated vice district was located in the negro locality.
  • Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott
  • He is segregated by law in some sections; he is segregated by custom in others.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
  • It grows better if it is segregated from the crowded forest.
  • Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
  • Then shall the wheat be segregated from the tares, and the sheep divided from the goats.
  • Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
  • He segregated five maybirds and explained their points to me.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 29, 1920 » by Various
  • The Negro, therefore, had to be segregated from the white sailor.
  • Extract from : « Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 » by Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
  • It is estimated that there are half a million lepers, not segregated, in India alone.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Snark » by Jack London
  • And the remnant of the hopelessly criminal and degenerate was segregated.
  • Extract from : « Revolution and Other Essays » by Jack London
  • These were segregated as to sex and then under each sex by age.
  • Extract from : « Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii » by Henry W. Setzer
  • Segregated and tolerated vice districts should be abolished.
  • Extract from : « Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction » by T. W. Shannon

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