SEGREGATIONISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does segregationism mean? 

• SEGREGATIONISM (noun)
  The noun SEGREGATIONISM has 1 sense:

1. a political orientation favoring political or racial segregation

  Familiarity information: SEGREGATIONISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEGREGATIONISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A political orientation favoring political or racial segregation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

ideology; political orientation; political theory (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)

Derivation:

segregationist (someone who believes the racial groups should be kept apart)