noun [U]
1 the act or policy of separating people of different races, religions or sexes and treating them differently:
racial / religious / sex segregation * segregation by age and sex
2 (formal) the act of separating people or things from a larger group:
the segregation of smokers and non-smokers in restaurants
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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