| 单词 | segregationist |
| 释义 | segregationist (once / 16147 pages) n Someone who believes that people of different races shouldn't live, work, or go to school together is a segregationist. As the laws about racial segregation have changed, it's become less and less socially acceptable to openly be a segregationist. Before the 1950s, there were many white segregationists who actively opposed the integration of schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods, and until 1967 it was still illegal for black and white people to marry each other in some US states. Segregationist comes from the Latin root segregare, "set apart, isolate, or divide." WORD FAMILYsegregationist: segregationists+/desegregate: desegregated, desegregates, desegregating, desegregation/segregate: desegregate, segregated, segregates, segregating, segregation, segregator/segregated: nonsegregated, unsegregated/segregation: segregationism, segregations/segregationism: segregationist/segregator: segregators USAGE EXAMPLESThose segregationist rules and norms—and the personal attitudes and actions that sustained them—are unfolded with a clear, forceful, analytical, and unstinting specificity. The New Yorker(Dec 23, 2016) The day ended when he sat down to dinner each night with his father, an avowed segregationist. Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) Would Southern electors choose the faithless route, supporting a segregationist candidate instead? Time(Dec 19, 2016) n someone who believes the races should be kept apart Syn|Hyper segregator bigot a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own |
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