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Definition of "segregative" []

  • Relating to segregation; serving to segregate. (adjective)

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Use "segregative" in a sentence
  • "Nonetheless, the Supreme Court in a 5–4 decision ruled this plan impermissible and held that “before the boundaries of separate and autonomous school districts may be set aside by consolidating the separate units for remedial purposes or by imposing a cross-district remedy, it must first be shown that there has been a constitutional violation within one district that produces a significant segregative effect in another district.”"
  • "While charter schools have rapidly grown, the strong segregative pattern found in 2001 is virtually unchanged through 2007, reveals a review from the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder NEPC."
  • "In most cities, the segregative trend not only exists in places of worship, in fact it is in America's churches, synagogues and mosques that the trend is most apparent."