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seg·re·gat·ed
 segregated
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- pronunciation:
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
If a city or other place is segregated, people of different races or groups are separated from each other, and they are required to use separate things like bathrooms, hotels, and swimming pools. In a segregated place, children of different groups have to go to different schools, and people have to live in different neighborhoods from where the other people live.
In segregated South Africa, native African people had to live in separate communities from the Europeans who settled in the country.When the southern states were segregated, black people could not stay in the same hotels as white people. |
| definition 2: |
When things are segregated, they are assigned by law for the use of a particular race or group of people rather than another.
Ethan's grandfather grew up in a segregated neighborhood where only black people lived.The train station had segregated bathrooms.The children of the city attended segregated schools. |
| related words: |
separate |
| derivations: |
segregatedly (adv.), segregatedness (n.) |
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