Meanings
plural integrationists
- 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 TimesSynonyms: desegregationist, egalitarian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn advocate, supporter and/or practitioner of (social) integration, usually aiming for greater equality.
Origin
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integrationist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/integrationist
“integrationist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/integrationist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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