segregation

Other forms of segregation

plural

segregations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about segregation

What does segregation mean?

segregation means "(genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in segregation?

segregation has 4 syllables: seg-re-ga-tion. The stress falls on "ga". In IPA it is /ˌsɛɡɹəˈɡeɪʃən/.

What is another word for segregation?

Close synonyms include separatism, sequestration. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of segregation?

The recorded antonyms are integration.

Is segregation a common word?

segregation is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with segregation?

21 words rhyme with segregation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.