different between segregation vs separatism

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

English

Etymology

separate +? -ism

Noun

separatism (countable and uncountable, plural separatisms)

1. A theory or doctrine which supports a state of separation between organizations, institutions, or other societal groups (e.g. between church and state) or between different political jurisdictions (e.g. a country and its former colony).

   She wrote an essay expounding the tenets of Scottish separatism.

2. The practice of treating members of different societal groups in a politically, legally, or economically different manner.

   Apartheid was a government-enforced form of separatism in which people received unequal social benefits based on race.

Related terms

• separatist

Translations

See also

• apartheid
• segregation

Romanian

Etymology

From French séparatisme

Noun

separatism n (uncountable)

1. separatism

Declension