segregate

Etymology

From Latin sēgregātus, perfect passive participle of sēgregō (“I separate”), from sē- (“apart”) + gregō (“I flock or group”), from grex (“flock”). Compare gregarious, aggregate.

adj

1. Separate; select.
2. (botany) Separated from others of the same kind.
3. (geology) Separate from a mass and collected together along lines of fraction.

verb

1. (transitive) To separate, especially by social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart.
   One aim of the reorganisation on both routes is to segregate completely the operation of the District and Tilbury Lines between London and Upminster, removing physical connections between the two. 1959 November, “L.T. and E.R. developments in East London”, in Trains Illustrated, page 529
   Throw me in cuffs, no chance of parole / Back in the house, thirty days in the hole / Segregate me from the local population, your love is, uh, incarceration 2015, “Your Love is Incarceration”, in Clutch

noun

1. An entity that is separated in some way from a reference group or entity.
   […] to determine whether geographic segregates are discernible. 1949, Agriculture Handbook (issue 401, page 171)
   […] the first three segregates are included in a superordinate category at a lower level than that of the segregate ultimately including hawk, horse, and crocodile. 1987, Stephen A. Tyler, Cognitive Anthropology: Readings, page 49