segregated

American  

[seg-ri-gey-tid] / ˈsɛg rɪˌgeɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. characterized by or practicing racial segregation.

   a segregated school system.

2. restricted to one group, especially exclusively on the basis of racial or ethnic membership.

   segregated neighborhoods.

3. maintaining separate facilities for members of different, especially racially different, groups.

   segregated education.

4. discriminating against a group, especially on the basis of race.

   a segregated economy.

5. set apart.

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Other Word Forms

• nonsegregated adjective
• segregatedly adverb
• segregatedness noun

Etymology

Origin of segregated

First recorded in 1645–55; segregate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The artistic director could not yet confirm who would direct the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a former Negro League baseball player and his family navigating life in 1950s segregated Pittsburgh.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

The Tory leader's spokesman said Timothy's comments were based on footage showing segregated males praying at the event.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

“Kin,” set in the segregated South in the 1950s and ’60s, focuses on the crucial importance of mothering, sisterhood and close female friendships in young women’s lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Fairbanks, who was Black and Seminole, was born in the Deep South at a time when ice rinks were segregated.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

I don’t think that, having being raised in a segregated Baltimore, he ever imagined I would need to learn interaction with whites, or to deal with being black in any but a defensive manner.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

Related Words

• isolated
• restricted