segregation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
(genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes
Types & categories
- organic process hypernym
Parts & wholes
- miosis part holonym
Related & opposite
- genetics domain topic
Sense 2 noun
a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
Types & categories
- social organization hypernym
- racial segregation hyponym
- de facto segregation hyponym
- de jure segregation hyponym
- sex segregation hyponym
- white separatism hyponym
Related & opposite
- segregator derivation
- segregate derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of segregating or sequestering
sequestration of the jury
Types & categories
- separation hypernym
Related & opposite
- integration antonym
- segregator derivation
- segregate derivation
- sequestrate derivation
- segregate derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | genetics |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | miosis |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | organic process |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | segregator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | segregate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | social organization |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | racial segregation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | de facto segregation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | de jure segregation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sex segregation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | white separatism |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | integration |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | segregator |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | segregate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sequestrate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | segregate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | separation |