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SEGREGATIONIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who believes the racial groups should be kept apart

Synonyms:

segregationist; segregator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("segregationist" is a kind of...):

bigot (a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own)

Derivation:

segregation (the act of segregating or sequestering)

segregation (a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups)

segregationism (a political orientation favoring political or racial segregation)

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