integrationist

noun

in·​te·​gra·​tion·​ist ˌin-tə-ˈgrā-sh(ə-)nist How to pronounce integrationist (audio)
: a person who believes in, advocates, or practices social integration
integrationist adjective

Examples of integrationist in a Sentence

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But his move to sideline the group’s white members made Lewis and his allies seem like a bunch of old-fashioned integrationists, too concerned with what white folks wanted—and therefore not concerned enough with what Black folks needed. Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024 In the eighties and nineties, integrationists like my parents moved to the U.S., joined corporations as scientists, and largely avoided joining Chinese communities. Chang Che, The New Yorker, 30 July 2024 Schulz, the former president of the European Parliament, is a committed EU integrationist. Anton Shekhovtsov, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2017 King, on the other hand, was viewed as an integrationist who believed that white and Black people could address those injustices together and eventually live side by side. Ronda Racha Penrice, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2024 Strategic autonomy could be the vision that rallies both integrationists such as Macron and more conservative figures such as Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz without giving in to the illiberalism of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Benjamin Haddad, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2018 One such group was Umbra, a collective of ideologically heterogeneous Black writers on Manhattan’s Lower East Side — among its members were the poets Thomas Dent, an integrationist, and Rolland Snellings (later known as Askia Touré), a Black nationalist — that formed in 1962. New York Times, 13 Oct. 2021 That’s the case even though Still, a committed integrationist, didn’t want his work to be viewed merely through a racial lens. New York Times, 28 May 2021 Instead of public debate and the inflamed passions of isolationists and integrationists, North Macedonia’s move toward increasing NATO’s ranks has been greeted with silence. Casey Michel, The New Republic, 16 Jan. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of integrationist was in 1951

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“Integrationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/integrationist. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

integrationist

noun
in·​te·​gra·​tion·​ist ˌint-ə-ˈgrā-sh(ə-)nəst How to pronounce integrationist (audio)
: a person who favors integration
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