segregationist

English

Etymology

From segregation +‎ -ist.

Noun

segregationist (plural segregationists)

  1. A person who supports or believes in segregation.
    • 2006 February 12, Leslie Feinberg, “Black movement raised hopes of all downtrodden”, in Workers World‎[1]:
      Her [Rosa Parks'] arrest launched a 381-day Montgomery bus boycott in which 40,000 Black people, mostly all working people, fought the segregationist bosses.
    • 2019 June 19, Eric Bradner, “Joe Biden recalls working with segregationist senators: ‘At least there was some civility’”, in CNN‎[2]:
      In 2003, Biden eulogized South Carolina Republican Sen. Strom Thurmond, one of the most notorious segregationists in American politics for most of his career who had “moved to the good side” later in life, Biden said.
    • 2025 June 9, Annabelle Timsit, Kyle Melnick and Alex Horton, “When have presidents called in the National Guard to quell domestic unrest?”, in The Washington Post‎[3], archived from the original on 9 June 2025:
      On March 18, 1965, Wallace, who was a segregationist, told the Alabama legislature that he intended to ask for federal troops “to provide for the safety and welfare of the so called demonstrators.”

Adjective

segregationist (comparative more segregationist, superlative most segregationist)

  1. Causing or promoting segregation.
    • 2009, Jacob Neusner, World Religions in America, page 137:
      In that way, all integrationist Judaisms differ from all segregationist ones.
    • 2020, Ursula Hackett, America's Voucher Politics: How Elites Learned to Hide the State, page 67:
      This logic exposes the segregationist intent of tuition grants beneath the superficial color blindness.
    • 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 106:
      'It locks us into our differences,' Tony said, 'it's segregationist.
    • 2025 June 9, Annabelle Timsit, Kyle Melnick and Alex Horton, “When have presidents called in the National Guard to quell domestic unrest?”, in The Washington Post‎[4], archived from the original on 9 June 2025:
      But it became more common during the civil rights era, when the federal government clashed with officials in Southern, segregationist states.

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