segregated

[seg-ri-gey-tid]

adjective

1. characterized by or practicing racial segregation.

   a segregated school system.

2. restricted to one group, especially exclusively on the basis of racial or ethnic membership.

   segregated neighborhoods.

3. maintaining separate facilities for members of different, especially racially different, groups.

   segregated education.

4. discriminating against a group, especially on the basis of race.

   a segregated economy.

5. set apart.

Other Word Forms

• segregatedly adverb
• segregatedness noun
• nonsegregated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of segregated¹

First recorded in 1645–55; segregate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

As the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, “Eleven o’clock on Sunday morning…is the most segregated hour in America.”

From Salon

While Soliman was initially slated to remain in segregated detention for some 20 days, he was released early.

From Salon

This means that Democratic and Republican voters are segregated from each other geographically, with Democrats tending toward big cities and suburbs, and Republicans occupying rural areas.

From Salon

He said that he identified with them because of his upbringing in racially segregated Richmond in the US state of Virginia.

From BBC

This created segregated schools with less funding and fewer resources for those in poor areas, which to this day are overcrowded and often suffer from the fallout of high crime, drug use and violence.

From BBC

Related Words

• isolated 
• restricted