segregated.

Organized so that groups are kept apart in separate areas or facilities.

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Words that belong together

• segregated neighborhood
• segregated housing
• segregated city

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The segregated housing scheme assigned families by racial classification.

Even without explicit laws, the city remained segregated by income.

Residents challenged the transport routes that kept their neighborhoods segregated.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Often carries historical and political weight, especially racial segregation. Difference between districts alone is not proof of imposed segregation; identify the mechanism. Comparative: more segregated; superlative: most segregated. Participial source verb [base, third-person present, past, past participle, -ing]: segregate, segregates, segregated, segregated, segregating. Record these as same-lexeme form aliases, not additional vocabulary entries.