A state of social isolation.
A religious and social practice of female seclusion prevalent among some Muslim and Hindu communities in South Asia.
The traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded.
Sinônimos
Examples for "sex segregation"
Examples for "sex segregation"
1Underneath all this are questions about whether and how to maintain sex segregation in sport.
1He always went into purdah for three weeks after a new Finance Act.'
2This radical innovation -bicycling -it did damage the institution of purdah.
3Men and women can meet outside of the purdah, when they ride on bicycles.
4She was other than they were; out of purdah; out of caste; a being apart.
5The Treasury said this was because the UK is in purdah before the general election.
6A strange place to meet one of the purdah-nashin (veiled women) he muttered.
7There are certainly many disadvantages in the purdah system.
8We who have done away with our purdah should not be stumbling blocks to others.
9Peshawar lies in the highly conservative province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where strict purdah is observed.
10The purdah system has done much to maintain the honor and respect of the higher class ladies.
11The Freshman Class had a spirited discussion as to the benefits and evils of the purdah system.
12Freedom does not mean simply coming out of purdah and taking undue advantage and misuse of liberty.
13Any rudeness, any act of dishonour, provoked endless feral scheming within the airlocked hothouse of their purdah.
14The purdah is good-ifyou know how to make use of it and not be ruled by it.
15But he would not, and the woman slipped like a shadow behind the purdah and no word said.
16So the purdah fell about her.