segregate
Divide into groups
To segregate is to separate or set apart from others, typically by category or characteristic.
The word most often appears in discussions of racial separation: Schools were segregated until the 1960s.
But segregation can be by any criterion—segregate recyclables from trash, segregate patients with infectious diseases.
The noun segregate refers to something separated out, especially in genetics.
Method of ordering
- categorizeAssign to distinct groups
- separateTo set apart
- groupAssembled collection of things
- organizePut into systematic order
arrange · divide · sift · filter · screen · stratify · differentiate · distinguish
Bar from participation
- ostracizeExclude from a group
- marginalizeTreat as insignificant
- isolateSeparate from others
- separateTo set apart
shun · outcast · alienate · discriminate · divide · partition · ghettoize · caste
Barrier separating spaces
- wallVertical enclosing structure
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- dividerThing that partitions
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
enclosure · cordon · zone · section · compartment · pen · ward · wing
Racial separation policy
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- white supremacyDoctrine of racial superiority
racial separation · ghettoization · redlining · segregationist · desegregation · civil rights · colored · pass laws
sort
Method of ordering
- categorizeAssign to distinct groups
- separateTo set apart
- groupAssembled collection of things
organize · arrange · divide · sift · filter · screen · stratify · differentiate · distinguish · allocate
exclude
Bar from participation
- ostracizeExclude from a group
- marginalizeTreat as insignificant
- isolateSeparate from others
separate · shun · outcast · alienate · discriminate · divide · partition · ghettoize · caste · untouchable
partition
Barrier separating spaces
fence · enclosure · cordon · zone · section · compartment · pen · ward · wing · compound
apartheid
Racial separation policy
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
white supremacy · racial separation · ghettoization · redlining · segregationist · desegregation · civil rights · colored · pass laws · ethnic cleansing
quarantine
Isolation preventing disease transmission
seclude · insulate · separate · cordon off · set apart · remove · withdraw · contain · restrict · intern
- organizecategorize, classify, sort, arrange, group
- disconnectingdetaching, disconnect, disengaging, detach, disconnecting
- isolationloneliness, quarantine, seclusion, lockdown, solitude
- separatesort, filter, sift, divide, split
- separationseparate, sieving, straining, divide, filtration
- oppressoppress, persecute, tyrannize, subjugate, dominate
segregateintegrate
Combine into unified whole
combine · mix · merge · unite · amalgamate
segregatedesegregate
End forced separation
integrate · include · assimilate · incorporate · mainstream
- school segregationRacial division in education
- racial segregationSeparation by ethnic background
- segregated schoolsInstitutions divided by race
- segregation lawsStatutes mandating racial separation
- segregation eraTime of legal racial separation
- segregated educationSchooling divided by group identity
segregation, segregated, segregating, segregates, segregations, segregative, segregator, segregators