separatismnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈsep.ər.ə.tɪ.zəm/us/ˈsep.ɚ.ə.tɪ.zəm/the belief held by people of a particular race, religion, or other group within a country that they should be independent and have their own government or in some way live apart from other people:
Basque separatism
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Colonisation & self-government
- annex
- autonomous
- autonomy
- client state
- colonial
- crown colony
- decolonization
- dependency
- devolution
- devolve
- independence
- Independence Day
- nationalism
- nationalist
- neocolonialism
- self-government
- self-rule
- separatist
- the British Empire
- the free world
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