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Adjective: segregated  'se-gru,gey-tid
  1. Separated or isolated from others or a main group
    "a segregated school system";
    - unintegrated
Verb: segregate  'se-gru,geyt
  1. Separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others
    "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"
     
  2. Divide from the main body or mass and collect
    "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"
     
  3. Separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
    "This neighbourhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"

See also: divided, isolated, lily-white, quarantined, separate, sequestered, white

Type of: discriminate, divide, insulate, isolate, part, separate, single out

Antonym: desegregate, integrated

Encyclopedia: Segregated

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