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sep·a·ra·tist

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–noun

1.	a person who separates, withdraws, or secedes, as from an established church.

2.	an advocate of separation, esp. ecclesiastical or political separation.

–adjective

3.	of, pertaining to, or designating separatism or separatists: separatist forces; separatist tendencies.

[Origin: 1600–10; separate (adj.) + -ist

]

—Related forms

sep·a·ra·tism, noun

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sep·a·ra·tist Audio Help (sěp'ər-ə-tĭst, sěp'rə-, sěp'ə-rā'-) Pronunciation Key
n.

One who secedes or advocates separation, especially from an established church; a sectarian or separationist.
One who advocates disjunction of a group from a larger group or political unit: Basque separatists.
One who advocates cultural, ethnic, or racial separation.

sep'a·ra·tism n., sep'a·ra·tist adj., sep'a·ra·tis'tic adj.

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separatist
adjective
1.	having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction" [syn: breakaway]
noun
1.	an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union)

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ˈseparatist [-rə-] noun

a person who urges separation from an established political state, church etc

Arabic:	المُؤَيِّد للإنْفِصال السِّياسي
Chinese (Simplified):	主张独立者，分离主义者
Chinese (Traditional):	主張獨立者，分離主義者
Czech:	separatista
Danish:	separatist
Dutch:	separatist
Estonian:	separatist
Finnish:	separatisti
French:	séparatiste
German:	die Trennung
Greek:	αυτονομιστής
Hungarian:	szeparatista
Icelandic:	aðskilnaðarsinni
Indonesian:	separatis
Italian:	separatista; scismatico

Japanese:	分離派の人
Korean:	(종교상 또는 정치상) 분리주의자, 분리독립주의자
Latvian:	separātists
Lithuanian:	separatistas
Norwegian:	separatist
Polish:	separatysta
Portuguese (Brazil):	separatista
Portuguese (Portugal):	separatista
Romanian:	separatist
Russian:	сепаратист; раскольник
Slovak:	separatista
Slovenian:	separatist
Spanish:	separatista
Swedish:	separatist
Turkish:	ayrılıkçı, bağımsızlık yanlısı

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Separatist

Sep`a*ra*tist\, n. [Cf. F. s['e]paratiste.] One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a schismatic; a sectary.

Heavy fines on divines who should preach in any meeting of separatist . --Macaulay.

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