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
In part because of these efforts by Southern segregationists to destroy the civil rights movement, a series of free speech issues reached the Supreme Court in the 1960s.
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Time, 29 Sep. 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, 29 Sep. 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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For them, a highly permissive interpretation of free-speech law gives cover to racists, and a permissive interpretation of the principle of academic freedom allows for the perpetuation of exclusionary scholarship.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Online anti-Palestinian accounts disguise a relentless and vicious campaign to intimidate people into silence by falsely portraying them as racists, and sanction them by proxy by pressuring employers for swift termination.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 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 9 Oct. 2025.
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