segregationistadj.n.
/sɛɡrɪˈɡeɪʃənɪst/ A. adj.
Of, pertaining to, or designating persons or policies advocating or supporting political or racial segregation. Cf. integrationist adj.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [adjective] > racist > segregationist
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segregationalist1965
1954 W. K. Hancock Country & Calling vi. 171 Segregationist theory had partial relevance in that it emphasized South Africa's diversity of cultural inheritance.
1957 Economist 30 Nov. 774/2 One has to go as far to the right as Senator Ellender, the segregationist Democrat from Louisiana.
1961 Encounter 16 7/1 There is no segregationist legislation in Algeria.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 21 Feb. 6/1 He could not accept its [sc. a club's] ‘segregationist policy prohibiting any black guest’.
B. n.
An adherent or advocate of segregation. Cf. integrationist n. and seg n.4 a.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > racism > segregation or discrimination > one who
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1955 N.Y. Times 1 June 29/3 The initial reaction, including segregationists and integrationists, overridingly stressed the court's ruling.
1957 P. Worsley Trumpet shall Sound x. 206 One of their spokesmen..posed the ‘sixty-four dollar’ question of the segregationist ‘Would you let a native marry your daughter or sister?’
1962 Daily Tel. 2 Apr. 12/2 This is because Southern segregationists are yielding to the inevitable, or at least refraining from militant resistance.
1977 Time 24 Jan. 27/1 Joseph Rauh..charged that Bell had given ‘aid and comfort to segregationists’ while an Atlanta attorney.
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