Word Type

Noun

The word "segregation" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

desegregation integration

Derived Terms

administrative segregation antisegregation cosegregation hypersegregation interface segregation principle macrosegregation malsegregation microsegregation missegregation nonsegregation postsegregation resegregation segregation distorter segregational segregationism segregationist segregationless ultrasegregationist

Context

biology genetics mineralogy politics public policy sociology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

biological process organic process separation social organisation social organization social structure social system structure

Type Of (IsA)

organic process performing separation situation situation involving tangible things social organization

Part Of

meiosis

Related Terms

segregate segregative segregator

Related Terms

adhesive chromatid chromosome cohesive crystallize mass meiosis mitosis segregate segregative segregator separation

Synonym Network

apartheid

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