integrationist

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noun

An advocate, supporter and/or practitioner of (social) integration, usually aiming for greater equality.

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Meanings

nounintegrationist (plural integrationists)

plural integrationists

  1. An advocate, supporter and/or practitioner of (social) integration, usually aiming for greater equality.
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    Instead the legal confrontation took place in the 1950s, when the Southern allegation “that integrationists were Communists” carried far greater resonance than it would have a decade earlier, and when “the power of the left to implement desegregation” — as Ms. Gilmore imagines it — no longer existed.

    2008 January 4, David J. Garrow, “Early Warriors in the Fight for Racial Equality”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: desegregationist, egalitarian

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn advocate, supporter and/or practitioner of (social) integration, usually aiming for greater equality.

Origin

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APA

integrationist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/integrationist

MLA

“integrationist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/integrationist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “integrationist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/integrationist.

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