segregator

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Definition

Noun: 1. A person who advocates for or practices the separation of groups, especially racial groups: A segregator is someone who supports or enforces policies, laws, or social systems that keep different races apart.

Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • The historical figure was a known segregator who fought against integrated schools.
    • The law was designed by segregators to maintain separate public facilities.
Advanced Usage
  • "A vocal segregator": Emphasizes someone who publicly and actively advocates for segregation.
    • He was a vocal segregator, often writing editorials defending the practice.
  • "An unrepentant segregator": Describes someone who continues to believe in segregation without regret or apology.
    • Even decades later, he remained an unrepentant segregator.
Variants and Related Words
  • Segregate (verb): To set apart or separate, especially by race.
    • The policy sought to segregate the communities.
  • Segregation (noun): The act or practice of segregating; the state of being segregated.
    • The era of legal segregation ended with the Civil Rights Act.
  • Segregationist (noun): A synonym for segregator; a person who believes in or practices segregation, especially racial segregation.
    • Segregationists protested the integration of the university.
Synonyms
  • Separatist: A person who supports the separation of a particular group from a larger body, often on political, ethnic, or religious grounds.
  • Discriminator: A person who makes an unjust distinction in the treatment of different categories of people.
Related Phrases
  • To advocate for segregation: To publicly support or recommend segregation.
    • The group continued to advocate for segregation well into the 1960s.
  • To enforce segregation: To compel observance of segregation laws or rules.
    • The governor used state troops to enforce segregation at the schoolhouse door.
Noun
  1. someone who believes the races should be kept apart

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