segregationism

noun

"segregationism" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“segregationism” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A belief in (usually racial) segregation.

Corpus desk

Index EN-segregationism · segregationism · English

segregationism · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for segregationism
PropertyValue
Headwordsegregationism
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “segregationism” in English

segregationismsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

segregationism is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A belief in (usually racial) segregation.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for segregationism, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From segregation + -ism. The correct English form is segregationism, spelled S-E-G-R-E-G-A-T-I-O-N-I-S-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    A belief in (usually racial) segregation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how segregationism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mr. Rollins, for his part, traced Mr. Huckabee's political lineage back to George Wallace in 1968 (without the segregationism). Mr. Wallace and, later, Pat Buchanan and Ross Perot appealed to the same blocs of working-class voters and socially conservative white Southerners that the Republican Party began trying to court in Senator Barry Goldwater's 1964…

Etymology

From segregation + -ism.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "segregationism"?
"segregationism" is spelled S-E-G-R-E-G-A-T-I-O-N-I-S-M.
What does "segregationism" mean?
As a noun, "segregationism" means: A belief in (usually racial) segregation.
What is the origin of the word "segregationism"?
From segregation + -ism. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list