sex segregation

1. 1.

   the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded

   Synonymspurdah

   Broadersegregation

Questions about sex segregation

What does sex segregation mean?

sex segregation means "the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded".

What is another word for sex segregation?

Close synonyms include purdah. 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.

Is sex segregation a common word?

sex segregation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.