The Supreme Court attacks school segregation.
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Segregation
//sɛɡɹəˈɡeɪ̯ʃən//
Synonyms for "segregation" (120 found)
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nuanceout groupout-groupoutcastoutsiderparochialismparticularizationpersona non gratapersonalizationprivacyprivatismprivatizationquarantinequarantine flagrace hatredrace prejudicerace snobberyracial discriminationracial segregationracialism
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racismrecessreclusionred baitingred-baitingretirementretreatrusticationsanitary cordonseclusionsecrecyseparatenessseparationseparatismsequestrationseveralizationseverancesex discriminationsexismshade of differencesnobbishnesssocial barriersocial discriminationspecializationsplendid isolationstrangersubtle distinctionsuperpatriotismtightnesstrichoschistismultranationalismvariationwhite powerwhite supremacywithdrawalxenophobiayellow flagyellow jack
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12 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- изолиране noun (setting apart or separation)
- отделяне noun (setting apart or separation)
- разделяне noun (setting apart or separation)
- сегрегация noun (politics, public policy — see also apartheid)
Catalan
1 entries- segregació noun (setting apart or separation)
Danish
1 entries- segregation noun (sociology — see also apartheid)
Estonian
1 entries- eraldamine noun (setting apart or separation)
Finnish
4 entries- erottelu noun (setting apart or separation)
- jakaantuminen noun (setting apart or separation)
- jako noun (setting apart or separation)
- jaotteleminen noun (setting apart or separation)
French
2 entries- ségrégation noun (setting apart or separation)
- séparation noun (setting apart or separation)
Georgian
1 entries- სეგრეგაცია noun (politics, public policy — see also apartheid)
German
4 entries- Geschlechtertrennung noun (politics, public policy — see also apartheid)
- Geschlechtertrennung noun (sociology — see also apartheid)
- Rassentrennung noun (politics, public policy — see also apartheid)
- Rassentrennung noun (sociology — see also apartheid)
Indonesian
1 entries- segregasi noun (setting apart or separation)
Malay
4 entries- pemencilan noun (politics, public policy — see also apartheid)
- pemencilan noun (sociology — see also apartheid)
- pemisahan noun (setting apart or separation)
- pemisahan noun (politics, public policy — see also apartheid)
Māori
2 entries- tāuketanga noun (setting apart or separation)
- whakatāuketanga noun (setting apart or separation)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kjønnsdeling noun (setting apart or separation)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kjønnsdeling noun (setting apart or separation)
Persian
4 entries- تفکیک noun (setting apart or separation)
- تفکیک noun (biology)
- جداسازی noun (setting apart or separation)
- جدایی noun (biology)
Portuguese
3 entries- segregação noun (setting apart or separation)
- segregação noun (politics, public policy — see also apartheid)
- segregação noun (sociology — see also apartheid)
Russian
4 entries- отделе́ние noun (setting apart or separation)
- разделе́ние noun (setting apart or separation)
- сегрега́ция noun (politics, public policy — see also apartheid)
- сегрега́ция noun (sociology — see also apartheid)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dealachadh noun (setting apart or separation)
Spanish
1 entries- segregación noun (setting apart or separation)
Swedish
2 entries- segregation noun (setting apart or separation)
- segregation noun (sociology — see also apartheid)
Tok Pisin
2 entries- apatet noun (politics, public policy — see also apartheid)
- apatet noun (sociology — see also apartheid)
Turkish
4 entries- ayrımcılık noun (politics, public policy — see also apartheid)
- ayırma noun (setting apart or separation)
- cinsiyet ayrımcılığı noun (sociology — see also apartheid)
- kadın erkek ayrımcılığı noun (sociology — see also apartheid)
Ukrainian
3 entries- сегрега́ція noun (mineralogy)
- сегрега́ція noun (politics, public policy — see also apartheid)
- сегрега́ція noun (sociology — see also apartheid)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The first point to be discussed is whether segregation existed in this district.
Source: tatoeba (244001)
I don't agree with segregation of people by race.
Source: tatoeba (258881)
The significant point as regards the segregation problem is to clarify the value system of each group.
Source: tatoeba (270375)
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