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# segregation

«segregation» in Mova's school dictionary: **Keeping groups of people apart by law or custom because…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (segregation, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Keeping groups of people apart by law or custom because of their race, religion or sex; it is unfair and wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segregation/#m1)

2) (formal) Separating things into groups: the segregation of waste for recycling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segregation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, segregation in the USA and apartheid in South Africa kept Black and white people apart in schools, buses and shops; Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King fought it. In everyday life, segregating rubbish means sorting it. Phrases: racial segregation, end segregation.

### examples

- Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and helped end segregation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segregation/#x1)
- Segregation meant Black children went to different schools. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segregation/#x2)
- Segregation was unfair and is now against the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segregation/#x3)
- Martin Luther King spoke out against segregation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segregation/#x4)
- The segregation of waste makes recycling easier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segregation/#x5)
- The museum taught us about the history of segregation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segregation/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Verb: segregate. Opposite: integration. A serious topic: segregation by race is unjust.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «segregation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segregation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.