self-segregate

verb

To separate oneself from others.

Meanings

verbself-segregate (third-person singular simple present self-segregates, present participle self-segregating, simple past and past participle self-segregated)

present singular third person self-segregates · participle present self-segregating · participle past self-segregated · past self-segregated

  1. intransitiveTo separate oneself from others.

    In her case, she began getting “redpilled” because she felt the black students at her high school “self-segregated” and had different “demeanors” than the white students.

    2018 September 18, Rebecca Lewis, “Alternative Influence: Broadcasting the Reactionary Right on YouTube”, in Data & Society, archived from the original on 25 May 2022, page 27

Origin

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APA

self-segregate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-segregate

MLA

“self-segregate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-segregate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-segregate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-segregate.

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