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[ sep -er-uh -tist, -uh -rey- ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈsɛp ər ə tɪst, -əˌreɪ- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a person who separates, withdraws, or secedes, as from an established church.
an advocate of separation, especially ecclesiastical or political separation.
adjective of, relating to, or designating separatism or separatists: separatist forces; separatist tendencies.
Origin of separatist 1600–10; separate (adj.) + -ist
OTHER WORDS FROM separatist sep·a·ra·tism, noun an·ti·sep·a·ra·tist, noun Words nearby separatist separationist, separation negative, separation of church and state, separation of powers, separation of variables, separatist , separative, separator, separatory, separatrix, Seph.
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Example sentences from the Web for separatist We have Matthew Rhys from The Americans as a Welsh separatist .
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A ceasefire was in effect, but the Ukrainian army was still fighting with pro-Russian separatist forces in the east.
Ukraine’s Home Front Grows War Weary | Anna Nemtsova| October 23, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The Catalan separatist movement has been growing in recent years, as demonstrated each September with a march on Barcelona.
Europe’s Secession Panic | Barbie Latza Nadeau| September 18, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, as if to keep the paperwork straight, the separatist government in Donetsk has formally introduced the death penalty.
A Torture Survivor on Ukraine's Tortured Ceasefire | Anna Nemtsova| September 11, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Last week separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko claimed that Russian soldiers were volunteers on vacation.
Pro-Russian Rebels Brag Kiev Is Next | Ted Phillips| September 2, 2014| DAILY BEAST
I asked, curious to discover the secret of the Separatist indifference to everything outside.
Solomon | Constance Fenimore Woolson
In many states, especially those to the south of the Main, the separatist tradition is still very strong.
The Governments of Europe | Frederic Austin Ogg
Tone 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 Henry
The separatist forces which produced the cataclysm of 1861 sank irresistibly into the background.
History of the United States | Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
But no one in Ireland in 1912 thought of a separatist rebellion.
John Redmond's Last Years | Stephen Gwynn
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British Dictionary definitions for separatist (1 of 2) / (ˈsɛpərətɪst , ˈsɛprə- ) /
noun 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- ) /
noun (sometimes not capital) a person who advocates the secession of a province, esp Quebec, from Canada
Derived forms of Separatist Separatism , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to separatist rebel, dissident, protester, heretic, skeptic, sectarian, nonconformist, sectary, separationist, objector, schismatic