Dixiecrat

American  

[dik-see-krat] / ˈdɪk siˌkræt /

noun

1. a member of a faction of southern Democrats stressing states' rights and opposed to the civil rights programs of the Democratic Party, especially a southern Democrat who bolted the party in 1948 and voted for the candidates of the States' Rights Democratic Party.

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Other Word Forms

• Dixiecratic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of Dixiecrat

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; Dixie + (Demo)crat ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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Dixiecrat

With then–Gov. Thurmond as their leader, the group broke off and created the Dixiecrat Party for the upcoming election.

From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2023

Kruse dismantles the belief that Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign invented the Southern Strategy by tracing it back to the Dixiecrat split with the Democrats in 1948.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023

We can also look back at Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a former Dixiecrat candidate for president and arch-segregationist who was notoriously belligerent in his rhetoric and personal style.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2021

And Mr. Hollings was not the first South Carolina political icon Mr. Biden has honored: In 2003, he delivered a eulogy for Strom Thurmond, a longtime Republican senator and onetime Dixiecrat nominee for president.

From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2019

In 1948 they formed the Dixiecrat Party and refused to support many of the policies and candidates of the Democratic Party.

From The Black Experience in America by Norman Coombs

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