segregated

[ seg-ri-gey-tid ]
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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.

  1. maintaining separate facilities for members of different, especially racially different, groups: segregated education.

  2. discriminating against a group, especially on the basis of race: a segregated economy.

  3. set apart.

Origin of segregated

1
First recorded in 1645–55; segregate + -ed2

Other words from segregated

  • seg·re·gat·ed·ly, adverb
  • seg·re·gat·ed·ness, noun
  • non·seg·re·gat·ed, adjective

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