anti-segregation

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Definitions of anti-segregation word

noun anti-segregation the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions. 1
noun anti-segregation the institutional separation of an ethnic, racial, religious, or other minority group from the dominant majority. 1
noun anti-segregation the state or condition of being segregated, set apart, separated, or restricted to one group: Segregation on buses meant that the seats at the front were reserved for white passengers. the segregation of private clubs. 1
noun anti-segregation something segregated, or set apart. 1
noun anti-segregation Genetics. the separation of allelic genes into different gametes during meiosis. Compare law of segregation. 1

before 1545

One of the 30% oldest English words

1545-55; < Late Latin sēgregātiōn- (stem of sēgregātiō), equivalent to sēgregāt(us) (see segregate) + -iōn- -ion

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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