as in racist
a person who supports racial segregation
segregationists versus integrationists a segregationist politician/state/attitude/view
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Recent Examples of segregationist
Byrd was the last of a breed: A former segregationist and Klansman who quickly and thoroughly made the switch to civil rights after Lyndon Johnson called the tune.
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Feb. 2025
This need was disturbingly precipitated by highly visible efforts of Southern segregationists to impede — by violence, coercion and otherwise — the ability of Black citizens to register to vote.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
The stodgy tradition, after all, allowed committee chairmen, usually southern Democratic (and segregationist) House members, to hold those coveted positions for decades.
—David Mark, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
In Louisiana, for example, Shriver withheld federal poverty funding from the state until Governor John McKeithen withdrew his plans to stack a new state-level economic opportunity office with segregationists, political cronies, and white supremacists.
—Ryan Larochelle / Made By History, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Feb. 2025
This need was disturbingly precipitated by highly visible efforts of Southern segregationists to impede — by violence, coercion and otherwise — the ability of Black citizens to register to vote.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
The stodgy tradition, after all, allowed committee chairmen, usually southern Democratic (and segregationist) House members, to hold those coveted positions for decades.
—David Mark, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
In Louisiana, for example, Shriver withheld federal poverty funding from the state until Governor John McKeithen withdrew his plans to stack a new state-level economic opportunity office with segregationists, political cronies, and white supremacists.
—Ryan Larochelle / Made By History, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregationist
Noun
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Even in opinion journalism, calling Trump a racist caused a debate in newsrooms for a decade.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2025
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America elected a president who mocks the disabled; who is a blatant racist; who disrespects women; who denied there was a COVID pandemic as thousands of people died daily, and who openly told the country his plans of becoming a dictator.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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People want to get rid of religious parties, people want to put sectarians behind to build an Iraq for all Iraqis.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 May 2015
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Both sides insist the other initiated the initial volley of gunfire that killed four agents and six sectarians.—
Joshua Alston,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2023
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“Segregationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregationist. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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