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 several years in the nineteen-fifties, the family quietly supported a local paper aligned with the segregationist White Citizens’ Council.
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Local residents, university students and segregationists protested James Meredith’s enrollment at the school, which was all-white, according to the University of Georgia.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Lost on no one was that Booker is Black, a figure whose right to vote let alone serve in the Senate is in contradiction to the viewpoint that made Thurman a hero to the segregationist South.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
At the State House, there are pro-Confederate statues and sculptures of segregationists.
—Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Local residents, university students and segregationists protested James Meredith’s enrollment at the school, which was all-white, according to the University of Georgia.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Lost on no one was that Booker is Black, a figure whose right to vote let alone serve in the Senate is in contradiction to the viewpoint that made Thurman a hero to the segregationist South.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
At the State House, there are pro-Confederate statues and sculptures of segregationists.
—Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
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“Segregationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/segregationist. Accessed 14 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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