seg|men|ta|tion — «SEHG muhn TAY shuhn», noun. efn>division into segments. 1. the growth and division of a cell into two, four, eight cells, and so on … Useful english dictionary
seg|re|ga|tion|ist — «SEHG ruh GAY shuh nihst», noun, adjective. –n. a person who believes in or practices racial segregation. –adj. of or having to do with segregationists or segregation … Useful english dictionary
seg·men·ta·tion — /ˌsɛgmənˈteıʃən/ noun [noncount] : the process of dividing something into parts or segments the segmentation of the population … Useful english dictionary
seg·re·ga·tion — /ˌsɛgrıˈgeıʃən/ noun [noncount] : the practice or policy of keeping people of different races, religions, etc., separate from each other racial/religious segregation They fought to end the segregation of public schools. the segregation of men and … Useful english dictionary
re|seg´re|ga´tion — re|seg|re|gate «ree SEHG ruh gayt», transitive verb, gat|ed, gat|ing. 1. to segregate (a racial group) again or in a new way. 2. to renew seegation in: »In effect the schools have been resegregated on an overwhelmingly Negro basis (Wall Street… … Useful english dictionary
an|ti|seg|re|ga|tion|ist — «AN tee SEHG ruh GAY shuh nihst», noun, adjective. –n. a person who is opposed to racial segregation, especially in schools or housing. –adj. = antisegregation. (Cf. ↑antisegregation) … Useful english dictionary
an|ti|seg|re|ga|tion — «AN tee SEHG ruh GAY shuhn», adjective. opposed to racial segregation, especially in schools or housing … Useful english dictionary
de|seg|men|ta|tion — «DEE sehg muhn TAY shuhn», noun. 1. the state or quality of not being segmented; change from a segmented condition. 2. the reduction of the number of segments by the coalescence of two or more, as in the carapace of a lobster … Useful english dictionary
de|seg|re|ga|tion|ist — «dee SEHG ruh GAY shuh nihst», noun. a person who supports or actively works for desegregation: »Democrats faced a critical problem…how to keep the Northern desegregationists and the Southern segregationists from ripping the party apart… … Useful english dictionary
de|seg|re|ga|tion — «dee SEHG ruh GAY shuhn», noun. the doing away with the practice of providing separate schools and other public facilities for racial groups, especially blacks and whites: »The device of closing public schools as a defense against desegregation… … Useful english dictionary
