SEGREGATIONIST Synonyms: 6 Similar and Opposite Words

segregationist

noun

as in racist

a person who supports racial segregation segregationists versus integrationists a segregationist politician/state/attitude/view

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antiracist

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of segregationist For the next century, South Carolina, along with other Southern states, would enact and violently protect the segregationist Jim Crow order. —

Brittany Friedman / Made By History, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025 On his way to the White House, Carter effectively rid his party — and the nation — of its most pugnacious segregationist, George Wallace of Alabama, by beating Wallace in the Florida Democratic primary. —

Randall Balmer, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2025 At one point, he was met with fierce opposition as the only White man in Plains to refuse to join a segregationist group called the White Citizens’ Council. —

Tabitha Parent, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024 That made the staunchly segregationist Wallace an ally, although their alliance was far from obvious in the governor’s rhetoric. —

Brucie Porter / Made By History, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for segregationist