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de|seg|re|ga|tion|ist
de|seg|re|ga|tion|ist «dee SEHG ruh GAY shuh nihst», noun.
a person who supports or actively works for desegregation: »

Democrats faced a critical problem…how to keep the Northern desegregationists and the Southern segregationists from ripping the party apart (Newsweek).


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  • seg|re|ga|tion|ist — «SEHG ruh GAY shuh nihst», noun, adjective. –n. a person who believes in or practices racial segregation. –adj. of or having to do with segregationists or segregation …   Useful english dictionary

  • an|ti|seg|re|ga|tion|ist — «AN tee SEHG ruh GAY shuh nihst», noun, adjective. –n. a person who is opposed to racial segregation, especially in schools or housing. –adj. = antisegregation. (Cf. ↑antisegregation) …   Useful english dictionary

  • seg·re·ga·tion·ist — /ˌsɛgrıˈgeıʃənıst/ noun, pl ists [count] : a person who supports racial segregation segregationists versus integrationists a segregationist politician/state/attitude/view …   Useful english dictionary

  • seg — seg·e·tal; seg·gy; seg·men·tal; seg·men·tal·iza·tion; seg·men·tal·ize; seg·men·tal·ly; seg·men·tary; seg·men·tate; seg·men·ta·tion; seg·men·tec·to·my; seg·ment·er; seg·men·ti·na; seg·ment·ize; seg·re·ant; seg·re·ga·ble; seg·re·gant;… …   English syllables

  • tion — ab·bre·vi·a·tion; ab·di·ca·tion; ab·duc·tion; ab·er·ra·tion; ab·er·ra·tion·al; ab·jec·tion; ab·junc·tion; ab·ju·ra·tion; ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·la·tion; ab·lu·tion; ab·mi·gra·tion; ab·ne·ga·tion; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom;… …   English syllables

  • segregationist — seg|re|ga|tion|ist [ˌsegrıˈgeıʃənıst] adj relating to the practice of keeping people of different races, sexes, or religions separate ▪ segregationist policies >segregationist n …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • segregationist — seg·re·ga·tion·ist …   English syllables

  • segregationist — seg•re•ga•tion•ist [[t]ˌsɛg rɪˈgeɪ ʃə nɪst[/t]] n. soc a person who advocates segregation, esp. racial segregation • Etymology: 1910–15 …   From formal English to slang

  • Re — Re; re·able; re·absorb; re·absorption; re·accept; re·access; re·accession; re·acclimatization; re·acclimatize; re·accommodate; re·accommodation; re·accounting; re·accredit; re·accreditation; re·acetylation; re·acknowledge; re·acquaint;… …   English syllables

  • ga — ab·ne·ga·tion; ab·ne·ga·tor; abo·ga·do; ab·ro·ga·tion; adeph·a·ga; ad·ro·ga·tion; ae·ga·grop·i·la; ag·gre·ga·ble; ag·gre·ga·tion; ag·gre·ga·tive; agré·ga·tion; ai·ga; aju·ga; alac·ta·ga; al·a·lon·ga; al·ga; al·lac·ta·ga; al·le·ga·tion;… …   English syllables

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