segregationist
/sˌɛɡɹəɡˈeɪʃənɪst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who supports or believes in segregation.
adj
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "In 2003, Biden eulogized South Carolina Republican Sen. Strom Thurmond, one of the most notorious segregationists in American politics for most of his career who had “moved to the good side” later in life, Biden said."
- "On March 18, 1965, Wallace, who was a segregationist, told the Alabama legislature that he intended to ask for federal troops “to provide for the safety and welfare of the so called demonstrators.”"
- "In that way, all integrationist Judaisms differ from all segregationist ones."
- "This logic exposes the segregationist intent of tuition grants beneath the superficial color blindness."
- "'It locks us into our differences,' Tony said, 'it's segregationist."
Etymology
Etymology tree English segregation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English segregationist From segregation + -ist.