segregation
noun/ˌseɡrɪˈɡeɪʃn/
/ˌseɡrɪˈɡeɪʃn/
[uncountable] (formal)- the act or policy of separating people from different groups, for example people of different races, religions or sexes, and treating them in a different way
- racial/religious segregation
- segregation by age and sex
Collocations RaceRaceRace and society- fight for/struggle for/promote racial equality/civil rights/equal rights
- outlaw/end discrimination/segregation
- promote/embrace/celebrate/champion diversity/multiculturalism
- attack/criticize/oppose/reject multiculturalism
- bridge/break down/transcend cultural/racial barriers
- practise/promote (racial/religious) tolerance/integration
- exacerbate/widen/perpetuate/reinforce (racial/socio-economic) inequality
- conform to/challenge/violate (accepted/established/prevailing/dominant) social/cultural norms
- experience/encounter racism/discrimination/prejudice/anti-Semitism/Islamophobia
- face/suffer persecution/discrimination
- fear/escape from/flee (racial/political/religious) persecution
- denounce/condemn racism/hate/anti-Semitism/Islamophobia
- challenge/confront racism/discrimination/prejudice
- combat/dismantle/eradicate/fight (blatant/overt/covert/subtle/institutional/systemic) racism
- perpetuate/defy (common/popular/traditional/negative) stereotypes
- entrench/perpetuate racism/racist attitudes
- reflect/reveal/show/have a racial/cultural bias
- constitute/be a form of racial/race discrimination
- discriminate/be prejudiced/be biased against minority groups/minorities/people of colour
CultureIn the US, the policy of segregation, especially in the southern states, denied African Americans their rights and forced them to use separate schools, restaurants, hotels, cinemas, etc. from those used by white people. As a result of the civil rights movement, laws were passed in the 1950s and 1960s which reduced segregation in US society. This process is called desegregation or integration.see also bussingExtra ExamplesTopics People in societyc1- The social structure was based on the policy of racial segregation.
- segregation between students of different ethnic groups
- segregation by race
- to bring an end to sex segregation within the school
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- racial
- religious
- residential
- …
- end
- outlaw
- enforce
- …
- segregation between
- segregation by
- segregation within
- …
- segregation (of A) (and/from B) (formal) the act of separating people or things from a larger group
- The report recommends segregation of cyclists from both cars and pedestrians.
- the segregation of recycling waste into categories
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from late Latin segregatio(n-), from the verb segregare, from se- ‘apart’ + grex, greg- ‘flock’.
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