as in racists
a person who supports racial segregation
segregationists versus integrationists a segregationist politician/state/attitude/view
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Recent Examples of segregationists
With segregationists in control of the federal government, Wilson took swift action.
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Time, 14 Oct. 2025
Even after the Tennessee National Guard was summoned to restore order, staunch segregationists refused to let up.
—Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Sep. 2025
Their activism drew hostility from segregationists, which cost them their jobs.
—Mariette Williams, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Time, 14 Oct. 2025
Even after the Tennessee National Guard was summoned to restore order, staunch segregationists refused to let up.
—Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Sep. 2025
Their activism drew hostility from segregationists, which cost them their jobs.
—Mariette Williams, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregationists
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Here, teachers aren’t supposed to tell students that the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 — a defining incident of racial violence in Oklahoma history — was perpetrated by racists.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
22 Oct. 2025
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Republicans are inadvertently playing into Democrats’ greatest strength with these voters—the sense that Republicans are racists who don’t want them here.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Adam Sandler‘s joke in his SNL50 musical sketch about famous artists turning out to be antisemitic bigots struck a chord, thanks to its real-world parallels.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Segregationists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregationists. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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