segregation

/,segri'geiʃn/

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Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of segregating or sequestering: The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others, often involving isolation or separation.
   • A social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups: A policy or practice of separating people based on racial, ethnic, or other social categories, especially when enforcing discrimination.
   • (Genetics) The separation of paired alleles during meiosis: The biological process where pairs of gene variants (alleles) separate so that each gamete (sperm or egg cell) receives only one allele from each pair.

Usage Examples

• Noun (General Separation):
  • The segregation of recyclable materials is essential for effective waste management.
  • During the trial, the judge ordered the segregation of the jury from outside influences.
• Noun (Social System):
  • The civil rights movement fought to end racial segregation in schools and public places.
  • Laws enforcing segregation created profound inequalities in society.
• Noun (Genetics):
  • Mendel's law of segregation explains how traits are inherited from parents.
  • During gamete formation, the segregation of alleles ensures genetic variation.

Advanced Usage

• "De facto segregation": Segregation that occurs in practice due to social, economic, or other factors, even without laws explicitly mandating it.
  • Despite legal changes, de facto segregation persisted in many urban neighborhoods due to housing patterns.
• "Segregation of duties": An internal control principle in business and accounting where tasks are divided among different people to reduce error and fraud.
  • A key audit finding was the lack of segregation of duties in the financial department.

Variants and Related Words

• Segregate (verb): To set apart from the rest or from each other.
  • The school should not segregate students based on their learning abilities.
• Segregated (adjective): Characterized by or practicing segregation.
  • They attended a segregated school in the 1950s.
• Segregationist (noun): A person who supports the policy of segregation, especially racial segregation.
  • The politician was a known segregationist.

Synonyms

• Separation: The action of moving or being moved apart.
• Isolation: The process of being isolated.
• Apartheid: (Specifically for racial segregation) A policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.

Antonyms

• Integration: The process of combining or coordinating separate elements, especially the mixing of racial or ethnic groups.
• Inclusion: The action or state of including or being included within a group or structure.
• Assimilation: The process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas; also, the absorption of people into a dominant culture.

Related Phrases

• "Residential segregation": The physical separation of different social groups into different neighborhoods.
  • Residential segregation often leads to unequal access to resources like quality schools.
• "Gender segregation": The separation of people based on their gender.
  • Some cultures practice gender segregation in social and religious settings.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of segregating or sequestering
   • sequestration of the jury
2. a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
3. (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes

Từ đồng nghĩa

• sequestration
• separatism