segregation Definition

segregation
noun

1. The process of segregating or the state of being segregated.

Thesaurus: separation, estrangement, exclusion, ostracism; Antonym: unification.
2. Systematic isolation of one group, especially a racial or ethnic minority, from the rest of society.
3. genetics.
During meiosis: the separation of a pair of homologous chromosomes so that only one member of the pair is present in each gamete.

Derivative: segregational
adj

Involving or characterized by segregation.

Derivative: segregationist
noun

Etymology: 17c: from segregate.