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separatism|ˈsɛpərətɪz(ə)m|
[f. separate a. + -ism.]
The disposition to separate or to be separate; advocacy of separation (esp. in regard to Church or State); the principles and practices of separatists.
1628A. Leighton App. Parlt. 85 B. Whitgift wrote the quoted treatise..before seperatisme was hatched. 1641F. Greville Eng. Episc. ii. vii. 99 What is there then to be feared? Anabaptisme, Brownisme, Separatisme. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. iii. x, These people, animated with the zeal of a new Sect,..affect great purity and separatism. 1866Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Dec. 5 The numerous accusations of separatism made against the Baltic provinces. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. V. p. xxii, Confederation opposed by separatism. 1882Farrar Early Chr. I. 512 The object of these developments was to enclose the Law in a hedge of separatism, out of which no Jew could break. 1957P. Kemp Mine were of Trouble x. 190 Separatism and Anarchism were the strongest political forces in Catalonia. 1962Globe & Mail (Toronto) 30 Jan. 4/1 Whoever is responsible..has done more for the advancement of separatism in this province [sc. Quebec] in 60 minutes than Dr. Chaput could in 60 years. 1971Daily Tel. 19 July 7/4 The background that gave rise to Moslem separatism in British India, the emergence of the State of Pakistan, and the subsequent history. 1978Encounter Feb. 12/2 Separatism is a problem in Quebec as well as in Scotland. |