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separatism

[ sep-er-uh-tism ]

noun

  1. a principle or policy advocating withdrawing or seceding from an established union, such as a church, nation, etc.:

    The move toward separatism may become more powerful as the country’s economy melts down.



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Dobkin, was arrested Monday on charges of ‘inciting separatism’ in a dramatic move that has sent shock waves through the region.

“They constantly follow me around, accusing me of separatism,” Davidchenko said.

If the flames of separatism in Punjab seemed to be simmering, the secessionist strife in Kashmir was just peaking.

The old promises of an easy separatism have been discredited.

In my column for the National Post, I explain the real reason that separatism in Quebec is dead.

In Plymouth it took the form of separatism, or a simple severance from the Church of England.

In one of his works he has given some details respecting his conversion to Separatism.

Separatism, disorder, and devastation, were the natural consequence.

The aims of separatism may be classed as direct and indirect.

Separatism has even less virtue than any of the other isms, for it is the abstraction of a negation, the shadow of a shadow.

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