segregationist

[ seg-ri-gey-shuh-nist ]

noun

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

Other Words From

• ultra·segre·gation·ist noun adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of segregationist¹

First recorded in 1910–15; segregation + -ist

Example Sentences

The urban crisis fell hardest on Northern and Midwestern inner cities, which due to decades of segregationist housing policy, were mostly inhabited by people of color.

From Washington Post

They don’t follow the segregationist policy of ZIP code attendance that teachers unions have fought to protect.

From Voice of San Diego

His purpose was to demonstrate the absurdity of the blood bank’s segregationist policies.

From Washington Post

The book describes how the Kennedys worked with local Democratic power brokers, such as Georgia’s governor, Ernest Vandiver, to pressure Oscar Mitchell, the segregationist judge in the case, into releasing King.

From Washington Post

Ardent segregationists successfully deployed the latter argument during months of debate over education legislation and the possibility of falling behind the Soviets after Sputnik’s launch.

From Washington Post

The first, Spiro Agnew, won in 1966 as the liberal running against a segregationist Democrat.

From The Daily Beast

One of those senators, Harry F. Byrd Jr., was a thoroughgoing segregationist.

From The Daily Beast

He chastises Israel for segregationist policies but it is his one-nation allies that hinder integration efforts.

From The Daily Beast

Segregationist Alabama Governor George Wallace ran as a populist in the American Independent Party in 1968.

From The Daily Beast

He couldn't cut it on the national stage, either: George Wallace denied him a spot on his segregationist ticket in 1968.

From The Daily Beast

He is an old-guard segregationist that he learned from the Texans you know that the colored man is just a flunky.

From Project Gutenberg

And250 this is another reason why Oswald and Bouhe fought so bitterly, because Bouhe is a segregationist.

From Project Gutenberg

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