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How to pronounce “segregation

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Pronunciation guide for segregation

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Practice the English pronunciation of segregation with real speech in context.
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The Color of Lawmade a commitment to abolish racial segregation.
Definition summary
The act of setting apart and organizing things based upon their characteristics.

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How to pronounce segregation

The Color of Law

made a commitment to abolish racial segregation.

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A Deep Dive Into “segregation

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • The act of setting apart and organizing things based upon their characteristics.
  • (politics) The separation of people based upon race, sex, religion, or other identity in institutions.
  • (biology) The setting apart in Mendelian inheritance of alleles, such that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring.
  • (mineralogy) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
  • (politics, public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).
  • (sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).
  • (genetics) The separation of a pair of chromatids or chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis
  • Separation for practical reasons, by necessity.

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