Synonyms for segregation
ˌsɛg rɪˈgeɪ ʃənseg·re·ga·tion

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1. segregationnoun

   Antonyms:
   desegregation

2. segregationnoun

   Antonyms:
   desegregation

3. segregationnoun

   Antonyms:
   desegregation

4. segregationnoun

   Antonyms:
   desegregation

5. segregationnoun

   Antonyms:
   desegregation

6. segregationnoun

   Antonyms:
   desegregation

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1. segregationnoun

   (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes

   Synonyms:
   separatism, sequestration

   Antonyms:
   integrating, desegregation, integration

2. segregation, separatismnoun

   a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups

   Synonyms:
   separationism, separatism, sequestration

   Antonyms:
   desegregation, integration, integrating

3. segregation, sequestrationnoun

   the act of segregating or sequestering

   "sequestration of the jury"

   Synonyms:
   requisition, separatism, sequestration

   Antonyms:
   desegregation, integrating, integration

Matched Categories

1. • Genetics
   • Organic Process
   • Separation

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1. ghettoisation

   it is about separation of minorities in the society.

   ghettoisation of minorities is an evil of body politics.

   Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019  

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1. segregationnoun

   Synonyms:
   separation, disconnection, insulation, isolation, detachment

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1. List of paraphrases for "segregation":

   separation, isolation, segregating, apartheid, unbundling, disengagement

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1. Jackson Lee:

   The real issue is whether and how this nation can come to grips with the legacy of slavery that still infects current society, while we have focused on the social effects of slavery and segregation, its continuing economic implications remain largely ignored by mainstream analysis.

2. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.

3. New Orleans:

   These monuments have stood not as historic or educational markers of our legacy of slavery and segregation, but in celebration of it, to literally put the Confederacy on a pedestal in some of our most prominent public places is not only an inaccurate reflection of our past, it is an affront to our present, and a bad prescription for our future. We should not be afraid to confront and reconcile our past.

4. President Obama:

   In one afternoon 50 years ago, so much of our turbulent history -- the stain of slavery and anguish of civil war; the yoke of segregation and tyranny of Jim Crow; the death of four little girls in Birmingham, and the dream of a Baptist preacher -- met on this bridge.

5. Jorgen Grubb:

   This (wave of grenade attacks) is because we have segregation in Sweden and most of it is in Malmo, it's always people from other countries that do these things. What Malmo needs is to put up a red stop sign.