segregationist

plural segregationists

1. A person who supports or believes in segregation.

   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.

   2006 February 12, Leslie Feinberg, “Black movement raised hopes of all downtrodden”, in Workers World

   2 more examples

   In 2003, Biden eulogized South Carolina Republican Sen. Strom Thurmond, one of the most notorious segregationists in American politics for most of his career who had “moved to the good side” later in life, Biden said.

   2019 June 19, Eric Bradner, “Joe Biden recalls working with segregationist senators: ‘At least there was some civility’”, in CNN

   On March 18, 1965, Wallace, who was a segregationist, told the Alabama legislature that he intended to ask for federal troops “to provide for the safety and welfare of the so called demonstrators.”

   2025 June 9, Annabelle Timsit, Kyle Melnick and Alex Horton, “When have presidents called in the National Guard to quell domestic unrest?”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2025

comparative more segregationist · superlative most segregationist

1. Causing or promoting segregation.

   'It locks us into our differences,' Tony said, 'it's segregationist.

   2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 106

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   In that way, all integrationist Judaisms differ from all segregationist ones.

   2009, Jacob Neusner, World Religions in America, page 137

   This logic exposes the segregationist intent of tuition grants beneath the superficial color blindness.

   2020, Ursula Hackett, America's Voucher Politics: How Elites Learned to Hide the State, page 67

   But it became more common during the civil rights era, when the federal government clashed with officials in Southern, segregationist states.

   2025 June 9, Annabelle Timsit, Kyle Melnick and Alex Horton, “When have presidents called in the National Guard to quell domestic unrest?”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2025

   Synonyms: apartheidist