Segregate
verb
To separate one group from others through a barrier or marked difference.
The school segregated the boys from the girls during lessons.
Often appears as...
- segregate into groups
- segregate by color
verb
To set someone apart due to a particular characteristic or reason.
Historically, some societies segregated individuals based on race.
Often appears as...
- segregate from society
- segregate by race
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Disapproving
Academic
verb
To separate specific elements from a mixed set.
The computer algorithm is designed to segregate the data into different categories.
Often appears as...
- segregate data
- segregate information
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Technical
verb
To separate one group from others through a barrier or marked difference.
The school segregated the boys from the girls during lessons.
Often appears as...
- segregate into groups
- segregate by color
verb
To set someone apart due to a particular characteristic or reason.
Historically, some societies segregated individuals based on race.
Often appears as...
- segregate from society
- segregate by race
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
verb
To separate specific elements from a mixed set.
The computer algorithm is designed to segregate the data into different categories.
Often appears as...
- segregate data
- segregate information
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Barrier
Segregate often implies the use of physical barriers to keep groups apart.
The cafeteria is segregated into two zones by a glass partition.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Segregate' can imply unfair treatment when used for separating people.
Employees felt segregated by the new office policy that seemed discriminatory.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
Avoid substituting 'segregate' for 'separate'. It is more specific and often deliberate.
The event did not segregate attendees by ticket type.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Barrier
Segregate often implies the use of physical barriers to keep groups apart.
The cafeteria is segregated into two zones by a glass partition.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Segregate' can imply unfair treatment when used for separating people.
Employees felt segregated by the new office policy that seemed discriminatory.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
Avoid substituting 'segregate' for 'separate'. It is more specific and often deliberate.
The event did not segregate attendees by ticket type.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Barrier
Segregate often implies the use of physical barriers to keep groups apart.
The cafeteria is segregated into two zones by a glass partition.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Segregate' can imply unfair treatment when used for separating people.
Employees felt segregated by the new office policy that seemed discriminatory.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
Avoid substituting 'segregate' for 'separate'. It is more specific and often deliberate.
The event did not segregate attendees by ticket type.
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How one teenager...
I'd also have a lot of times where I'd call players up, and they didn't want to speak at all to me. They would hang up. When I said the word baseball, they would just refuse to talk altogether. This was because they faced a lot of segregation during their careers. Along with the lack of glamorization that they faced, they also dealt with a lot of racism on and off the baseball field,
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John Lewis and Bryan...
in this country. We haven't really wanted to acknowledge the legacy of slavery and the history of lynching and segregation. People want to skip over the apology part, and you still see these Confederate flags and these symbols of resistance. It seems to me part of what is so urgent right now is that we get people to have the courage to say,
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The urgent need for...
by that history and we never really dealt with it even during the civil rights era I don't think we've confronted all of the pain and anguish that was created by decades of segregation we said to black people you're not good enough to vote just because you're black we said the black kids you can't go to school with other
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3 ways to spot a bad...
Right now there's a bill in congress about measuring racial inequality. The draft law says that government money should not be used to collect data on racial segregation. This is a total disaster. If we don't have this data, how can we observe discrimination, let alone fix it? In other
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An unsung hero of the...
During his two-year imprisonment, he protested the segregated facilities from within. Wherever Rustin went, he organized and advocated, and was constantly attuned to the methods, groups, and people who could help further messages of equality.
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What obligation do...
They've even had new, frictionless technologies that promised to connect everyone together and that instead deepened existing social and race divides. But because of this history of decay and renewal and segregation and integration,
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The lie that invented...
And beneath those visible events, the stubborn data, the studies showing systemic racism in every institution we housing segregation, job discrimination, the deeply racialized inequities in our schools and criminal justice system.
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Nora Flanagan: What...
that punish kids for their zip codes in a city that's been segregated since its inception. The fight for equity in Chicago did not become life or death in the pandemic -- it's been life or death for a long time now.
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Ami Klin: A new way to...
because if you interact with a two- and a three-month-old, you'd be surprised by how social those babies are. And what we see in the first six months of life is that those two groups can be segregated very easily.
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Anastasia Taylor-Lind:...
most of my personal work focuses almost exclusively on the lives of women who are living in gender segregated environments in different places around the world and it's such a privilege
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How one teenager...
I'd also have a lot of times where I'd call players up, and they didn't want to speak at all to me. They would hang up. When I said the word baseball, they would just refuse to talk altogether. This was because they faced a lot of segregation during their careers. Along with the lack of glamorization that they faced, they also dealt with a lot of racism on and off the baseball field,
Video examples
John Lewis and Bryan...
in this country. We haven't really wanted to acknowledge the legacy of slavery and the history of lynching and segregation. People want to skip over the apology part, and you still see these Confederate flags and these symbols of resistance. It seems to me part of what is so urgent right now is that we get people to have the courage to say,
Video examples
The urgent need for...
by that history and we never really dealt with it even during the civil rights era I don't think we've confronted all of the pain and anguish that was created by decades of segregation we said to black people you're not good enough to vote just because you're black we said the black kids you can't go to school with other
Video examples
3 ways to spot a bad...
Right now there's a bill in congress about measuring racial inequality. The draft law says that government money should not be used to collect data on racial segregation. This is a total disaster. If we don't have this data, how can we observe discrimination, let alone fix it? In other
Video examples
An unsung hero of the...
During his two-year imprisonment, he protested the segregated facilities from within. Wherever Rustin went, he organized and advocated, and was constantly attuned to the methods, groups, and people who could help further messages of equality.
Video examples
What obligation do...
They've even had new, frictionless technologies that promised to connect everyone together and that instead deepened existing social and race divides. But because of this history of decay and renewal and segregation and integration,
Video examples
The lie that invented...
And beneath those visible events, the stubborn data, the studies showing systemic racism in every institution we housing segregation, job discrimination, the deeply racialized inequities in our schools and criminal justice system.
Video examples
Nora Flanagan: What...
that punish kids for their zip codes in a city that's been segregated since its inception. The fight for equity in Chicago did not become life or death in the pandemic -- it's been life or death for a long time now.
Video examples
Ami Klin: A new way to...
because if you interact with a two- and a three-month-old, you'd be surprised by how social those babies are. And what we see in the first six months of life is that those two groups can be segregated very easily.
Video examples
Anastasia Taylor-Lind:...
most of my personal work focuses almost exclusively on the lives of women who are living in gender segregated environments in different places around the world and it's such a privilege
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Quote examples
B. B. King
American Musician
When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.
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John Lewis
American Politician
My parents told me in the very beginning as a young child when I raised the question about segregation and racial discrimination, they told me not to get in the way, not to get in trouble, not to make any noise.
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Jane Krakowski
American Actress
I think I used to sort of segregate things. Work was this and life was this and exercise was this. And I feel as I get older, or I become more relaxed, I feel like wellness is my whole being.
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Jonathan Kozol
American Writer
I think a lot of people don't have any idea of how deeply segregated our schools have become all over again. Most textbooks are not honest in what they teach our high school students.
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Farrah Abraham
American Entertainer
I think everyone should - can share whatever they wish when their heart is touched and they want to spread more positivity rather than segregation and separation in this world.
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John C. McGinley
American Actor
I have no issue with being a character actor. If you've been around enough that people are able to segregate you into that category, it means you're working. So that's good!
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Joseph Stiglitz
American Economist
We have a locale-based education system; we have increasing economic segregation. We clearly need a larger federal program to try to help disadvantaged districts.
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Clarence Thomas
American Judge
I hear people say it affected your self-esteem to be segregated. It never affected mine.
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Tomi Lahren
American Journalist
We're segregating ourselves because we're afraid we're going to offend each other.
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George Wallace
American Politician
Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever!
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B. B. King
American Musician
When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.
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John Lewis
American Politician
My parents told me in the very beginning as a young child when I raised the question about segregation and racial discrimination, they told me not to get in the way, not to get in trouble, not to make any noise.
Quote examples
Jane Krakowski
American Actress
I think I used to sort of segregate things. Work was this and life was this and exercise was this. And I feel as I get older, or I become more relaxed, I feel like wellness is my whole being.
Quote examples
Jonathan Kozol
American Writer
I think a lot of people don't have any idea of how deeply segregated our schools have become all over again. Most textbooks are not honest in what they teach our high school students.
Quote examples
Farrah Abraham
American Entertainer
I think everyone should - can share whatever they wish when their heart is touched and they want to spread more positivity rather than segregation and separation in this world.
Quote examples
John C. McGinley
American Actor
I have no issue with being a character actor. If you've been around enough that people are able to segregate you into that category, it means you're working. So that's good!
Quote examples
Joseph Stiglitz
American Economist
We have a locale-based education system; we have increasing economic segregation. We clearly need a larger federal program to try to help disadvantaged districts.
Quote examples
Clarence Thomas
American Judge
I hear people say it affected your self-esteem to be segregated. It never affected mine.
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Tomi Lahren
American Journalist
We're segregating ourselves because we're afraid we're going to offend each other.
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George Wallace
American Politician
Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever!
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