different between disaggregate vs segregation

English

Etymology

dis- +? aggregate

Adjective

disaggregate (comparative more disaggregate, superlative most disaggregate)

1. not aggregate

Verb

disaggregate (third-person singular simple present disaggregates, present participle disaggregating, simple past and past participle disaggregated)

1. to separate or break down into components

Derived terms

• disaggregation

Italian

Verb

disaggregate

1. second-person plural present indicative of disaggregare
2. second-person plural imperative of disaggregare
3. feminine plural of disaggregato

English

Etymology

1555. From Latin segregatio.Morphologically segregate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??????e????n/

Noun

segregation (countable and uncountable, plural segregations)

1. 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.
2. (biology) The setting apart in Mendelian inheritance of alleles, such that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring.
3. (mineralogy) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
4. (politics, public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).
5. (sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).
6. (genetics) The separation of a pair of chromatids or chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis

Synonyms

• apartheid

Antonyms

• desegregation

Derived terms

• segregationist
• segregation distorter

Related terms

• segregate
• segregative
• segregator

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Saint George

Danish

Noun

segregation

1. (sociology) segregation (of cultures)

Coordinate terms

• assimilation, pluralistisk integration