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segregationist, a. and n.|sɛgrɪˈgeɪʃənɪst| [f. segregation + -ist.] A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating persons or policies advocating or supporting political or racial segregation. Cf. integrationist a.
1954W. K. Hancock Country & Calling vi. 171 Segregationist theory had partial relevance in that it emphasized South Africa's diversity of cultural inheritance. 1957Economist 30 Nov. 774/2 One has to go as far to the right as Senator Ellender, the segregationist Democrat from Louisiana. 1961Encounter XVI. 7/1 There is no segregationist legislation in Algeria. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 21 Feb. 6/1 He could not accept its [sc. a club's] ‘segregationist policy prohibiting any black guest’. B. n. An adherent or advocate of segregation. Cf. integrationist n. and seg n.4 a.
1955[see integrationist n.]. 1957P. Worsley Trumpet shall Sound x. 206 One of their spokesmen..posed the ‘sixty-four dollar’ question of the segregationist ‘Would you let a native marry your daughter or sister?’ 1962Daily Tel. 2 Apr. 12/2 This is because Southern segregationists are yielding to the inevitable, or at least refraining from militant resistance. 1977Time 24 Jan. 27/1 Joseph Rauh..charged that Bell had given ‘aid and comfort to segregationists’ while an Atlanta attorney. |