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Webster 1913 Edition


Segregation

Segˊre-ga′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
segregatio
: cf. F.
ségrégation
.]
1.
The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.
2.
(Geol.)
Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process.

Webster 1828 Edition


Segregation

SEGREGA'TION

,
Noun.
Separation from others; a parting.

Definition 2024


segregation

segregation

See also: ségrégation

English

Noun

segregation (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. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (biology) The Mendelian Law of Segregation related to genetic transmission or geographical segregation of various species.
  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).

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  1. James A. H. Murray [et al.], editor (1884–1928) A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697; and The Oxford English Dictionary; being a Corrected Re-issue with an Introduction, Supplement, and Bibliography of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (the First Supplement), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1933, OCLC 2748467.