segregationist

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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:
      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.

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.

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