segregated

segregated
segregatedly, adv.segregatedness, n.
/seg"ri gay'tid/, adj.
1. characterized by or practicing racial segregation: a segregated school system.
2. restricted to one group, esp. exclusively on the basis of racial or ethnic membership: segregated neighborhoods.
3. maintaining separate facilities for members of different, esp. racially different, groups: segregated education.
4. discriminating against a group, esp. on the basis of race: a segregated economy.
5. set apart.
[1645-55; SEGREGATE + -ED2]

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