Integrationist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Integrationist is a noun meaning An advocate, supporter and/or practitioner of (social) integration, usually aiming for greater equality.
Meaning
An advocate, supporter and/or practitioner of (social) integration, usually aiming for greater equality.
Example Sentences
Instead the legal confrontation took place in the 1950s, when the Southern allegation “that integrationists were Communists” carried far greater resonance than it would have a decade earlier, and when “the power of the left to implement desegregation” — as Ms. Gilmore imagines it — no longer existed.
Word Forms
- integrationists
Synonyms for integrationist
Depending on context, synonyms include desegregationist, egalitarian.
Antonyms for integrationist
Common opposites include segregationist.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include multiracial, inclusive, integrative, integrator, integrativist, integrationism.
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