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
Southern white segregationists certainly questioned the motives of the many clergy members who descended on Selma.
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Aniko Bodroghkozy, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2026
White segregationists and liberals have outed Black people as deviant to maintain their claims to normalcy and socioeconomic dominance.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
The vagueness of the order, however, emboldened segregationists across the South.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
With segregationists in control of the federal government, Wilson took swift action.
—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
Aniko Bodroghkozy, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2026
White segregationists and liberals have outed Black people as deviant to maintain their claims to normalcy and socioeconomic dominance.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
The vagueness of the order, however, emboldened segregationists across the South.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
With segregationists in control of the federal government, Wilson took swift action.
—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
Noun
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This despite its violent, heroic left-leaning revolutionaries and a cabal of right-wing racists with unapologetically murderous intentions.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
2 June 2026
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Many told me the liberal media had smeared them as racists, xenophobes and misogynists.—
Nataliya Gumenyuk,
The Dial,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Samberg was among the first to call out the inevitable crowd of bigots and MAGA-enthusiasts that would wail and scream.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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And she’s proved that even people who don’t see themselves as bigots will watch this content—and in some cases laugh along.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
26 Nov. 2025
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“Segregationists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregationists. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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