segregationist

noun

seg·​re·​ga·​tion·​ist ˌse-gri-ˈgā-sh(ə-)nist 

plural segregationists

: a person who believes in or practices segregation especially of races (see race entry 1 sense 1a)

segregationist adjective

Examples of segregationist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Following passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, segregationists sought alternative ways to combat school desegregation. —Time, 4 Sep. 2025

Ray, a segregationist, was later convicted of the killing. —Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025

For America, the swimming pool is also an archetypal segregationist site of historical cruelty and exclusion. —Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025

Lyndon Johnson had good reason: to protect Selma-to-Montgomery marchers, given that Alabama’s segregationist leaders couldn’t be expected to protect them. —Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 13 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for segregationist

• conservationist
• educationist
• integrationist
• isolationist
• assimilationist
• creationist

Kids Definition

segregationist

noun

seg·​re·​ga·​tion·​ist ˌseg-ri-ˈgā-sh(ə-)nəst 

: a person who believes in, practices, or encourages segregation especially of races