noun
The act of separating
dissociation, disconnection, separation; see division 1.
The separation of racial groups
exclusion, discrimination, racial segregation, apartheid, Jim Crowism, Jim Crow.
See segregation in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
The act or process of isolating:
The policy or practice of political, legal, economic, or social discrimination, as against the members of a minority group:
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