- a person who favours, advocates, or practises racial segregation
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seg•re•ga•tion•ist
(seg′ri gā′shə nist),USA pronunciation n.
- Sociologyone who favors, encourages, or practices segregation, esp. racial segregation.
- segregation + -ist 1910–15
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segregationist /ˌsɛɡrɪˈɡeɪʃənɪst/ n
seg•re•ga•tion /ˌsɛgrɪˈgeɪʃən/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Sociologythe act or practice of segregating.
- Sociologythe state of being segregated.
seg•re•ga•tion
(seg′ri gā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
seg′re•ga′tion•al, adj.
- Sociologythe act or practice of segregating.
- Sociologythe state or condition of being segregated:the segregation of private clubs.
- something segregated.
- Geneticsthe separation of allelic genes into different gametes during meiosis. Cf. law of segregation.
- Late Latin sēgregātiōn- (stem of sēgregātiō), equivalent. to sēgregāt(us) (see segregate) + -iōn- -ion
- 1545–55
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