segregation
noun (segregation, uncountable)
Everyday
- Keeping groups of people apart by law or custom because of their race, religion or sex; it is unfair and wrong. tree →
- (formal) Separating things into groups: the segregation of waste for recycling. tree →
In the lessons
In history lessons, segregation in the USA and apartheid in South Africa kept Black and white people apart in schools, buses and shops; Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King fought it. In everyday life, segregating rubbish means sorting it. Phrases: racial segregation, end segregation.
Examples
- Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and helped end segregation. tree →
- Segregation meant Black children went to different schools. tree →
- Segregation was unfair and is now against the law. tree →
- Martin Luther King spoke out against segregation. tree →
- The segregation of waste makes recycling easier. tree →
- The museum taught us about the history of segregation. tree →
Note
Uncountable. Verb: segregate. Opposite: integration. A serious topic: segregation by race is unjust.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «segregation» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «segregation» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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