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# segregation

noun (segregation, uncountable)

«segregation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Keeping groups of people apart by law or custom because of their race, religion or sex; it is unfair and wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segregation/#m1)
2. (formal) Separating things into groups: the segregation of waste for recycling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segregation/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segregation/#x1)
- Segregation meant Black children went to different schools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segregation/#x2)
- Segregation was unfair and is now against the law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segregation/#x3)
- Martin Luther King spoke out against segregation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segregation/#x4)
- The segregation of waste makes recycling easier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segregation/#x5)
- The museum taught us about the history of segregation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segregation/#x6)

### 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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segregation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«segregation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/segregation.html) on Mova free.