segregation
121vertical segregation — UK US noun [U] HR, WORKPLACE ► the situation where people do not get jobs above a particular rank in organizations because of their race, age, or sex: »Career progression of women and men in the higher education sector confirms a pattern of… …
122Transgressive segregation — refers to the formation of extreme phenotypes observed in hybrid populations when compared to parental lines.Hybrid offspring generally possess traits or characteristics seen in ancestral species. These traits might be expected to be subdued or… …
123Age segregation — is separation of people based on their age and may be observed in many aspects of the modern society. [L Steinberg, Adolescence (4th edition, 1996, ) ] Examples of institutionalized age segregation include age segregation in schools and age… …
124Online segregation — refers to the unintentional segregation of people on the Internet, which is often believed to be a democratizing tool used to bring equality among people. For example, popular social network services such as MySpace and Facebook have been argued… …
125gender segregation (in employment) — This term refers to the unequal distribution of men and women in the occupational structure sometimes also (and more accurately) called ‘occupational segregation by sex’. There are two forms: ‘vertical segregation’ describes the clustering of men …
126gender segregation — This term refers to the unequal distribution of men and women in the occupational structure sometimes also (and more accurately) called ‘occupational segregation by sex’. There are two forms: ‘vertical segregation’ describes the clustering of men …
127horizontal segregation — UK US noun [U] WORKPLACE ► the fact that there are more men than women doing one type of job and more women than men doing another type of job: »Horizontal segregation arises when men and women do different types of work: heavy manual labour is… …
128de jure segregation — Generally refers to segregation directly intended or mandated by law or otherwise issuing from an official racial classification or in other words to segregation which has or had the sanction of law. Term comprehends any situation in which the… …
