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hypersegregation  

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  • When a group is so segregated that its members have little chance of contact with outsiders, that group is hypersegregated. In the case of residential location, hypersegregation means that the members of different groups are extremely unlikely to live together. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Hypersegregation]

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