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a person who supports racial segregation
segregationists versus integrationists a segregationist politician/state/attitude/view
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Recent Examples of segregationist
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.
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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
Thurmond, the fervent segregationist senator from South Carolina, spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes — 46 minutes less than Booker.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
The record was previously held by segregationist South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond with his 24 hour and 18 minute filibuster against the 1957 Civil Rights Act.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
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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
Thurmond, the fervent segregationist senator from South Carolina, spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes — 46 minutes less than Booker.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
The record was previously held by segregationist South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond with his 24 hour and 18 minute filibuster against the 1957 Civil Rights Act.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregationist
Noun
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This week, Robert Harrell, a rising senior at Martin Luther King High School, wrote about the numerous streets and schools in Nashville bearing the names of former slave owners, klan members and other racists.—
Andrea Williams,
The Tennessean,
12 July 2025
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This made the artists activists in a very real way, resisting racist, colonial categorization.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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People want to get rid of religious parties, people want to put sectarians behind to build an Iraq for all Iraqis.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 May 2015
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Both sides insist the other initiated the initial volley of gunfire that killed four agents and six sectarians.—
Joshua Alston,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2023
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“Segregationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregationist. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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