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Separation vs Segregation - What's the difference?

separation | segregation |

As nouns the difference between separation and segregation

is that separation is the act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated while segregation is the setting apart or separation of things or people, as a natural process, a manner of organizing people that may be voluntary or enforced by law.

separation

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
  • The place at which a division occurs.
  • An interval, gap or space that separates things.
  • (legal) An agreement terminating a relationship between husband and wife, but short of a divorce.
  • (military) Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.
  • Antonyms

    * (act of disuniting two or more things) annexation, combination, unification

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    segregation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The setting apart or separation of things or people, as a natural process, a manner of organizing people that may be voluntary or enforced by law.
  • (rfc-sense) (biology) The Mendelian Law of Segregation related to genetic transmission or geographical segregation of various species.
  • (mineralogy) Separation]] from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the [[crystallize, crystallizing process.
  • (politics, public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).
  • (sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).
  • Synonyms

    *apartheid

    Derived terms

    * segregationist

    Antonyms

    * desegregation

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