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
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For America, the swimming pool is also an archetypal segregationist site of historical cruelty and exclusion.
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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
Hope for a more extensive residential community on the land was stalled as Lester Maddox, the segregationist governor of Georgia, vetoed a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity that had been promised to subsidize construction of the neighborhoods.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Apr. 2025
Succeeding the segregationist argument 67 years later, Booker, the first Black Senator of New Jersey, challenged Thurmond’s stance not just through his words but through his mere existence.
—Fallon Brannon, Refinery29, 7 Apr. 2025
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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
Hope for a more extensive residential community on the land was stalled as Lester Maddox, the segregationist governor of Georgia, vetoed a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity that had been promised to subsidize construction of the neighborhoods.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Apr. 2025
Succeeding the segregationist argument 67 years later, Booker, the first Black Senator of New Jersey, challenged Thurmond’s stance not just through his words but through his mere existence.
—Fallon Brannon, Refinery29, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Segregationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/segregationist. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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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
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