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separatism

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sep⋅a⋅ra⋅tist

  [sep-er-uh-tist, -uh-rey-]
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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   (sěp'ər-ə-tĭst, sěp'rə-, sěp'ə-rā'-)   
n.  

  1. One who secedes or advocates separation, especially from an established church; a sectarian or separationist.

  2. One who advocates disjunction of a group from a larger group or political unit: Basque separatists.

  3. One who advocates cultural, ethnic, or racial separation.

sep'a·ra·tism n., sep'a·ra·tist adj., sep'a·ra·tis'tic adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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