separatist
a person who separates, withdraws, or secedes, as from an established church.
an advocate of separation, especially ecclesiastical or political separation.
of, relating to, or designating separatism or separatists: separatist forces;separatist tendencies.
Origin of separatist
1Other words from separatist
- sep·a·ra·tism, noun
- an·ti·sep·a·ra·tist, noun
Words Nearby separatist
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How to use separatist in a sentence
Matrix is a rich, beautifully written novel about ambition and desire, and also witchy separatist medieval nuns.
The Vox Book Club is spending October reading and talking to Lauren Groff | Constance Grady | September 30, 2021 | VoxBy terrorists, China principally means the Islamic State group, which has a worrying presence in Afghanistan, and Uyghur separatists.
At the 1993 awards, the first time they were broadcast live in China, actor Richard Gere expressed support for the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader China considers a separatist.
China’s Oscars boycott mixes politics with push to curb Hollywood dominance | Lyric Li, Steven Zeitchik | April 22, 2021 | Washington PostWhile county leaders where the city would be are pushing back against this kind of “separatist government control,” they remain interested in the possibilities the futuristic city represents.
Next came news that Erdogan’s government had arrested more than 700 people, including members of a pro-Kurdish political party on suspicion of ties to separatists.
How Erdogan's Increasingly Erratic Rule in Turkey Presents a Risk to the World | Ian Bremmer | March 4, 2021 | Time
We have Matthew Rhys from The Americans as a Welsh separatist.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS | Marlow Stern | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTKurnosova does not welcome such separatist movements in Russia.
A ceasefire was in effect, but the Ukrainian army was still fighting with pro-Russian separatist forces in the east.
In this capacity, Spitz provided information on the German Red Cross and the Bavarian separatist Movement in southern Germany.
More importantly, he has frustrated other separatists and those who would foment separatist movements, like China and Russia.
The separatist theories of the Homeric poems are not more secure than the Solar Myth, "like a wave shall they pass and be passed."
Homer and His Age | Andrew LangTone then was not merely a Republican and a separatist but a Democrat prepared for a democratic and revolutionary policy.
The Evolution of Sinn Fein | Robert Mitchell HenryMy legs developed separatist tendencies, and started on independent orbits.
Robinson was the pastor of the separatist congregation at Leyden.
separatist tendencies were stronger than those of coalescence.
The Colonization of North America | Herbert Eugene Bolton
British Dictionary definitions for separatist (1 of 2)
separationist
/ (ˈsɛpərətɪst, ˈsɛprə-) /
a person who advocates or practises secession from an organization or group
(as modifier): a separatist movement
Derived forms of separatist
- separatism, noun
- separatistic, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for Separatist (2 of 2)
/ (ˈsɛpərətɪst, ˈsɛprə-) /
(sometimes not capital) a person who advocates the secession of a province, esp Quebec, from Canada
Derived forms of Separatist
- Separatism, noun
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