Synonyms for segregation
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Noun
apartheid, separation, isolation, analysis, separatism, sequestration, detachment, insulation, seg slang US
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of setting apart and organizing things based upon their characteristics.
Related words
- Word family
- segregationist segregate segregator
- Phrases
- administrative segregation
Forms
- Plural
- segregations → apartheids, separations, isolations, analyses…
Example sentences
- separation The separation felt like a never-ending nightmare.
- isolation I find peace in isolation rather than socializing.
- apartheid This whole apartheid system should be dismantled.
- separatism Separatism has no future whatsoever in our region.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| segregation | steady | |
| separation | falling | |
| isolation | steady | |
| apartheid | steady | |
| separatism | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- seg
- 8 letters
- analysis4
- 9 letters
- isolation4, apartheid3
- 10 letters
- separation4, insulation4, detachment3, separatism5
- 13 letters
- sequestration4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (analysis4 = 4 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- ségrégation
- Deutsch
- Abtrennung