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segregationism

segregationism noun: a belief in (usually racial) segregation.

Noun

segregationism (uncountable)

  1. A belief in (usually racial) segregation.
    • Mr. Rollins, for his part, traced Mr. Huckabee's political lineage back to George Wallace in 1968 (without the segregationism). Mr. Wallace and, later, Pat Buchanan and Ross Perot appealed to the same blocs of working-class voters and socially conservative white Southerners that the Republican...2007 December 30, David D. Kirkpatrick, “Shake, Rattle and Roil the Grand Ol' Coalition”, in New York Times

Origin of segregationism

From segregation + -ism.

Words formed from segregationism

Questions about segregationism

What does segregationism mean?
Segregationism means a belief in (usually racial) segregation.
What part of speech is segregationism?
Segregationism is a noun.

Words near segregationism in the dictionary

  1. segregational
  2. segregationalism
  3. segregationalist
  4. segregationalists
  5. segregationally
  6. segregationism
  7. segregationist
  8. segregationists
  9. segregationless
  10. segregations
  11. segregative

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