separatist

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separatist

  • /ˈsɛpəɹətɪst/

noun separatists

  1. Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatic movements.
  2. A person who advocates or seeks the splitting of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories. Near-synonym: secessionist

    Similar: secessionist · Opposite: centralist, unionist, federalist

adjective

  1. not comparable Advocating ecclesiastical separation.
  2. not comparable Advocating or seeking the separation of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories. He is a Scottish nationalist and has a large collection of separatist literature.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: independent, breakaway, separatism, splittist, secessionist, secession, division, divisive, dividing, split, separate, separated, insurgency, rebel, chechen, separation

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noun political separatist

Españolseparatista
한국어분리주의자 bullijuuija
日本語分離主義者 bunrishugisha, 分離独立 bunri-dokuritsu
中文獨立派 /独立派 dúlìpài, 分離主義者 /分离主义者 fēnlízhǔyìzhě, 分裂 fēnliè
Portuguêsseparatista
Françaisséparatiste
DeutschSeparatist, Separatistin
Italianoseparatista
Românăseparatist, separatistă
Русскийсепарати́ст separatíst, сепарати́стка separatístka
العربيةاِنْشِقَاقِيّ inšiqāqiyy, مُنْشَقّ munšaqq

adj advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory

Españolseparatista
Portuguêsseparatista
Françaisséparatiste
Deutschseparatistisch
Italianoseparatista
Русскийсепарати́стский separatístskij

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@misc{separatist_2026,
  title = {separatist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/separatist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}