1. tending to separate or keep apart, especially based on race, class, or other characteristics
2. characterized by or promoting segregation

Examples

• The segregative policies of the past created deep social divisions.
• Critics argued that the housing development had a segregative effect on the community.
• The school board rejected the segregative proposal to separate students by ability.
• Segregative practices in employment were finally outlawed.
• The city worked to eliminate segregative zoning laws.
• Many viewed the new policy as unnecessarily segregative.