segregationist

Examples

• All

• During the debate, he revealed himself as a lifelong segregationist, supporting policies that enforced racial division.

• Elliott was a stone cold segregationist who had been appointed by John F Kennedy to the federal bench.

• Nixon won the Sunbelt, and he lost the Deep South to Democratic segregationist George Wallace.

  Death of a Nation (2018)

• The argument for racial or cultural freedom was commonplace among white segregationists.

  Academic text (2003)

• Segregationists' racial agenda played a major role in how Congress viewed Indians' request.

  Academic text (2009)

• One political challenge remained: dealing with Lester G. Maddox, the arch-segregationist governor of Georgia.

  Academic text (2011)

• Wilson's rabid racism and implementation of segregationist policies in the federal government are routinely ignored by progressives today.

  Blog text (29)

• The civil rights movement faced strong opposition from a vocal group of segregationists advocating for separate facilities.

• The segregationist leader argued that society would be better off if different races lived apart.

Synonyms

S

separatist

vssegregationist

102 6.8

A person who wants part of a country to become independent

advocates separation based specifically on race rather than other group identities

S

separationist

vssegregationist

1 8.2

A person who wants part of a country to leave and become independent

focuses on racial group separation within society rather than political secession

E

exclusionist

vssegregationist

• Offensive

1 8.2

A person who supports rules that keep certain people from joining a group

advocates separating racial groups into distinct spaces rather than only excluding them

S

segregator

vssegregationist

• Offensive

9.9

A person who supports separating people by race

supports separation of racial groups more generally, not only active promotion

S

segregant

vssegregationist

9.9

A rule or person that causes groups to be kept apart

supports separation specifically of racial groups rather than any elements

Antonyms

I

integrationist

1 7.4

A person who works to bring different racial or social groups together

How Segregationist

hardliner

19 7.5

segregationist

• Offensive

21 9.8

moderate

85 4.6

integrationist

1 7.4

Surface Forms

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Etymology