SEGREGATIONIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does segregationist mean? 

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

1. someone who believes the racial groups should be kept apart

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEGREGATIONIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who believes the racial groups should be kept apart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

segregationist; segregator

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)