segregated

adjdivided into racial or ethnic groups

Synonyms for segregated

adj divided into racial or ethnic groups

Word Origin & History

1540s, from Latin segregatus, past participle of segregare "set apart, lay aside; isolate; divide," literally "separate from the flock," from *se gregare, from se "apart from" (see secret (n.)) + grege, ablative of grex "herd, flock" (see gregarious). Originally often with reference to the religious notion of separating the flock of the godly from sinners. In modern social context, "to force or enforce racial separation and exclusion," 1908. Related: Segregated; segregating.

Example Sentences for segregated

The segregated vice district was located in the negro locality.

He is segregated by law in some sections; he is segregated by custom in others.

It grows better if it is segregated from the crowded forest.

Then shall the wheat be segregated from the tares, and the sheep divided from the goats.

He segregated five maybirds and explained their points to me.

The Negro, therefore, had to be segregated from the white sailor.

It is estimated that there are half a million lepers, not segregated, in India alone.

And the remnant of the hopelessly criminal and degenerate was segregated.

These were segregated as to sex and then under each sex by age.

Segregated and tolerated vice districts should be abolished.

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Synonyms for segregated

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secluded

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