As verbs the difference between segregate and desegregate
is that segregate is to separate, used especially of social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart while desegregate is to remove segregation by allowing access to something by people of all races or ethnicity.
As an adjective segregate
is separate; select.
segregate
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Separate; select.
(botany) Separated from others of the same kind.
Verb
(segregat)
To separate, used especially of social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart.
Synonyms
* isolate
* separate
* sequester
* sunder out
Antonyms
* aggregate
Anagrams
*
----
desegregate
English
Verb
(desegregat)
To remove segregation by allowing access to something by people of all races or ethnicity