segregated
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Kept separate or isolated from others or a main group: Describes a person, group, institution, or place that is set apart or restricted, often based on characteristics like race, ethnicity, gender, or religion.
- Characterized by enforced separation: Specifically refers to the policy or practice of separating people based on these characteristics, especially within a community or public system.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The city was deeply divided, with a segregated school system for different racial groups.
- The neighborhood remained segregated, with little interaction between the two communities.
- The prison has segregated units for high-risk inmates.
Advanced Usage
- "to be segregated from": to be kept apart or isolated from a particular group or place.
- Historically, patients with the disease were segregated from the general population.
- "to remain segregated": to continue to be separated or divided.
- Despite laws against it, some social clubs remain segregated by gender.
Variants and Related Words
- Segregate (verb): To set apart from others or from a main group.
- The policy aimed to segregate students by academic ability.
- Segregation (noun): The act or state of being segregated.
- The segregation of public facilities was outlawed.
- Desegregated (adjective): Having had segregation eliminated.
- The desegregated school welcomed all children.
Synonyms
- Separated: Placed or kept apart.
- Isolated: Far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote.
- Divided: Split into parts; separated.
- Excluded: Denied access to a place, group, or privilege.
Antonyms
- Integrated: With different groups or parts combined into a whole.
- Desegregated: Having ended a policy of racial segregation.
- Mixed: Consisting of different kinds or groups.
Related Phrases
- "racially segregated": separated based on race.
- The racially segregated buses were a symbol of inequality.
- "gender-segregated": separated based on gender.
- The event was held in gender-segregated sections.
Adjective
- separated or isolated from others or a main group
- a segregated school system
- a segregated neighborhood