segregate
隔離する
解説 Definition
人や集団を、接触や混在を避ける目的で別の場所・制度・区画に置く意味です。感染症患者の管理にも使えますが、racially segregate のように差別的な分断を表すことが多く、語感は重めです。一般的な分別用法から、人を隔てる社会的意味へ広がっています。
To segregate means to separate people or things into different groups or places. It can be used in a neutral way for sorting, but it is also an important social word because it often refers to unfair separation based on race, class, or other differences.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
「隔離する」の segregate は、仕分けよりも壁や規則で会わせない感じを思い出すのが近道です。segregated schools, segregated housing, segregate patients のように、人が同じ空間や制度に入れない状況で使います。isolate が一人・一対象を孤立させる響きなら、こちらは集団間の境界を作る語。歴史的差別の文脈では特に強い非難を帯びます。
The part greg relates to a group, as in congregation. So segregate can be remembered as separating groups from each other, not just putting one thing alone. It is often used in serious phrases like racial segregation or segregated housing, which gives it a stronger social meaning than isolate.
例文
The hospital will segregate patients with contagious diseases.
その病院は感染性疾患の患者を隔離します。
The company segregated employees by skill level.
その企業は従業員を技能水準で隔離しました。
The policy was designed to segregate the population by income level.
そのポリシーは所得水準で人口を隔離するために設計されていました。
segregate の類義語・関連語
segregate の語源・成り立ち Etymology
segregateはラテン語segregareが語源で、se-（離して）+ greg-（群れ）+ -ate でできています。もとは「群れから分ける」で、単なる区別よりも共同体から切り離す響きが強い語です。gregariousやcongregationに同じgreg-が見えます。
Segregate comes from Latin segregare, made from se- meaning "apart" and greg- meaning "flock" or "group." Its original sense was to separate something from the herd or community. That is why the word has a stronger feeling than simple division: it suggests being set apart from others. Related words with the same root include gregarious and congregation.
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