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segregation: the act of segregating or sequestering; "sequestration of the jury"; a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups; (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes

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stranger collapse: anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

persona non grata collapse: a diplomat who is unacceptable to the government to which he is sent

parochialism collapse: a limitation of views or interests like that defined by a local parish

exclusiveness collapse

seclusion collapse: the act of secluding yourself from others

out group collapse

outsider collapse: a contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win

insularity collapse

Jim Crow collapse: a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails

apartheid collapse: a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa

personalization collapse

insulation collapse: the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity; the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"

tightness collapse: lack of movement or room for movement

xenophobia collapse: an irrational fear of foreigners or strangers

outcast collapse: a person who is rejected (from society or home)

quarantine collapse: isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease; enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease; place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons; "My dog was quarantined before he could live in England"

contradistinction collapse: a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast; "sculpture in contradistinction to painting"

severance collapse: the act of severing

isolation collapse: the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others; a country's withdrawal from international politics; "he opposed a policy of American isolation"; a feeling of being disliked and alone; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it; a state of separation between persons or groups

demarcation collapse

privacy collapse: the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others; the condition of being concealed or hidden

sexism collapse: discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex

male chauvinism collapse: activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women

red baiting collapse

specialization collapse: the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology"; the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose; (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo"

secrecy collapse: the trait of keeping things secret

particularization collapse: an individualized description of a particular instance

alien collapse: being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"; not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"; transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs"

anti Semitism collapse

racism collapse: discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race; the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races

alteration collapse: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

chauvinism collapse: fanatical patriotism

isolationism collapse: a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations

fascism collapse: a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)

nuance collapse: a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"

atomization collapse: annihilation by reducing something to atoms; separating something into fine particles

diversification collapse: the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered); "my broker recommended a greater diversification of my investments"; "he limited his losses by diversification of his product line"; the condition of being varied; "that restaurant's menu lacks diversification; every day it is the same"

hairsplitting collapse: making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously"

separation collapse: the act of dividing or disconnecting; the social act of separating or parting company; "the separation of church and state"; sorting one thing from others; "the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones"; the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal); coming apart; the space where a division or parting occurs; "he hid in the separation between walls"; the state of lacking unity

differentiation collapse: the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function; a discrimination between things as different and distinct; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"

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