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SEGREGATIONISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A political orientation favoring political or racial segregation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("segregationism" is a kind of...):
ideology; political orientation; political theory (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)
Derivation:
segregationist (someone who believes the racial groups should be kept apart)