segregationist
English edit
Etymology edit
segregation + -ist
Noun edit
segregationist (plural segregationists)
- A person who supports or believes in segregation.
- 2006 February 12, Leslie Feinberg, “Black movement raised hopes of all downtrodden”, in Workers World[1]:
- Her [Rosa Parks'] arrest launched a 381-day Montgomery bus boycott in which 40,000 Black people, mostly all working people, fought the segregationist bosses.
Adjective edit
segregationist (comparative more segregationist, superlative most segregationist)
- Causing or promoting segregation.
- 2009, Jacob Neusner, World Religions in America, page 137:
- In that way, all integrationist Judaisms differ from all segregationist ones.
- 2020, Ursula Hackett, America's Voucher Politics: How Elites Learned to Hide the State, page 67:
- This logic exposes the segregationist intent of tuition grants beneath the superficial color blindness.
- 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 106:
- 'It locks us into our differences,' Tony said, 'it's segregationist.