segregationist

[seg-ri-gey-shuh-nist]

noun

1. one who favors, encourages, or practices segregation, especially racial segregation.

Other Word Forms

• ultrasegregationist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of segregationist¹

First recorded in 1910–15; segregation + -ist

Example Sentences

For America, the swimming pool is also an archetypal segregationist site of historical cruelty and exclusion.

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In the 20th century, Presidents Kennedy and Johnson each used it three times, most often to protect the civil rights of Black Americans against “rebellious” segregationists.

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The movie trusts you know who segregationist George Wallace was, just as you’ll be able to appreciate the joy of seeing an unidentified Stevie Wonder on stage with Lennon.

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The federal government, motivated by Cold War-era concerns about its global image, intervened against segregationist Southern states.

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By 1972, then President-Nixon’s people were worried about the prospect of segregationist former Alabama governor George Wallace drawing votes from Nixon as the potential nominee of the AIP, the right-wing American Independent Party.

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