as in racist
a person who supports racial segregation
segregationists versus integrationists a segregationist politician/state/attitude/view
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During his first term as governor, Carter made the historic decision to hang King's portrait alongside those of Civil War heroes and segregationists on the walls of the state Capitol in Atlanta.
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Katherine Fung, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
By 1972, then President-Nixon’s people were worried about the prospect of segregationist former Alabama governor George Wallace drawing votes from Nixon as the potential nominee of the AIP, the right-wing American Independent Party.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
The central theme in the original mural is now dominated by Gov. Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, the county’s namesake, who was also a segregationist whose comments from a century ago have drawn scrutiny.
—Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
Standing for office in the Peach State, rife with traditional white segregationist politicians, Carter ultimately represented the more progressive New South.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Katherine Fung, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
By 1972, then President-Nixon’s people were worried about the prospect of segregationist former Alabama governor George Wallace drawing votes from Nixon as the potential nominee of the AIP, the right-wing American Independent Party.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
The central theme in the original mural is now dominated by Gov. Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, the county’s namesake, who was also a segregationist whose comments from a century ago have drawn scrutiny.
—Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
Standing for office in the Peach State, rife with traditional white segregationist politicians, Carter ultimately represented the more progressive New South.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Segregationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregationist. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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