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SEGREGATION Synonyms

There are 10 synonyms of the word segregation. (exact relations)
There are 8 hypernyms of the word segregation. (close relations)

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apartheid
nounn
noun

• a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa

detachment
nounn
noun

• avoiding emotional involvement

• the act of releasing from an attachment or connection

• the state of being isolated or detached

• a small unit of troops of special composition

• coming apart

discrimination
nounn
noun

• unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice

• the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished

division
verb, nounv, n
noun

• an army unit large enough to sustain combat

• one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole

• the act or process of dividing

• an administrative unit in government or business

• discord that splits a group

• a league ranked by quality

• (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

• (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

• a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings

• a group of ships of similar type

• an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed

• the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

exclusion
nounn
noun

• the state of being excluded

• the state of being excommunicated

• a deliberate act of omission

• the act of forcing out someone or something

isolation
nounn
noun

• a state of separation between persons or groups

• a feeling of being disliked and alone

• the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it

• a country's withdrawal from international politics

partition
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

• (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit

• (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism

• the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

verb

• divide into parts, pieces, or sections

• separate or apportion into sections

separation
nounn
noun

• the state of lacking unity

• coming apart

• the distance between things

• sorting one thing from others

• the social act of separating or parting company

• the space where a division or parting occurs

• the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)

• (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)

• the act of dividing or disconnecting

separatism
nounn
noun

• a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups

• a disposition toward schism and secession from a larger group; the principles and practices of separatists

• advocacy of a policy of strict separation of church and state

sequestration
nounn
noun

• the act of segregating or sequestering

• the action of forming a chelate or other stable compound with an ion or atom or molecule so that it is no longer available for reactions

• a writ that authorizes the seizure of property

• seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized

Best Hypernyms For SEGREGATION

Here is a list of related hypernyms for segregation, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
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separation structure
Phrases (6)
biological processorganic processsocial organisationsocial organizationsocial structuresocial system

Alternatives for APARTHEID

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