Definition

1. 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

1. separated or isolated from others or a main group
   • a segregated school system
   • a segregated neighborhood