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segregationalist en · ADJ

Etymology

From segregational + -ist.

Meanings

1. (rare) Segregationist; supportive of or leading to racial, ethnic, or religious segregation.
2. Characteristic of segregationalism.
   • According to the orthodox segregationalist view, the essential difference between reading the words 'Open the door' and hearing the words 'Open the door' is that the reader has learnt a set of audiographic correlations […] 2014, Redefining Linguistics, →ISBN, page 41:
   • In other words, the “'language myth' myth” produces a history of linguistics that is as segregationalist — if not more so — than the linguistics it is purporting to describe. 1997, George Wolf, Nigel Love, Linguistics Inside Out: Roy Harris and his critics, →ISBN, page 40:

segregationalist en · NOUN

Etymology

From segregational + -ist.

Meanings

1. (rare) A segregationist; a supporter of racial, ethnic, or religious segregation.
2. One who believes that linguistic signs have meaning independent of the context of their use in communication.

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