segregated

/ˈsɛgrɪgeɪɾɪd/

/ˈsɛgrɪgeɪtɪd/

Segregated means separated. Some people think it’s a good idea to keep boys and girls segregated — or separated from each other — at school. Others believe that boys and girls should learn in the same classrooms.

One person can be segregated from a group, as when a sick person is kept in isolation so others don’t become infected. Whole groups of people can also be segregated from each other. Since the late 1800s, segregated has been used in reference to the forced exclusion of African Americans from places where only whites were allowed, including schools, movie theaters, and train cars. The Latin root is segregare, "separated from the flock."

Definitions of segregated

1. adjective

   separated or isolated from others or a main group
   “a segregated school system”

   “a segregated neighborhood”

   synonyms: unintegrated

   isolated, quarantined

   under forced isolation especially for health reasons

   separate

   separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

   sequestered

   kept separate and secluded

   lily-white, white

   restricted to whites only

   separate

   independent; not united or joint

   divided

   separated into parts or pieces

   antonyms:

   integrated

   not segregated; designated as available to all races or groups

   co-ed, coeducational

   attended by members of both sexes

   desegrated, nonsegregated, unsegregated

   rid of segregation; having had segregation ended

   interracial, mixed

   involving or composed of different races

   mainstreamed

   (of the handicapped) placed in regular school classes

   integrative

   combining and coordinating diverse elements into a whole

   joint

   united or combined

   united

   characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity