segregate

Meanings

Adjective

• Separate; select.
• Separated from others of the same kind.
• Separate from a mass and collected together along lines of fraction.

Verb

• To separate, especially by social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart.

Related

Opposite words

• aggregate

Origin

• From Latin sēgregātus, perfect passive participle of sēgregō, from sē- + gregō, from grex. Compare gregarious, aggregate.