What does separatist mean?

Definitions for separatist
ˈsɛp ər ə tɪst, -əˌreɪ-sep·a·ratist

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. separatist, separationistadjective

    an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union)

  2. breakaway, fissiparous, separatistadjective

    having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude

    "a breakaway faction"

Wiktionary

  1. separatistnoun

    Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatics.

  2. separatistnoun

    A person who advocates or seeks the splitting of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.

    On rare occasions French-Canadian separatists have resorted to violence.

  3. separatistadjective

    Advocating ecclesiastical separation.

  4. separatistadjective

    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.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Separatistnoun

    One who divides from the church; a schismatick; a seceder.

    Etymology: separatiste, Fr. from separate.

    The anabaptists, separatists, and sectaries tenets are full of schism, and inconsistent with monarchy. Francis Bacon.

    Our modern separatists pronounce all those heretical, or carnal, from whom they have withdrawn. Decay of Piety.

    Says the separatist, if those, who have the rule over you, should command you any thing about church affairs, you ought not, in conscience, to obey them. Robert South, Sermons.

ChatGPT

  1. separatist

    A separatist is a person or a member of a group advocating for separation or secession from an established socio-political organization, union, entity, or structure to which they belong. This could be in order to create a new independent society or join another existing one. Separatism is often based on issues like religion, ethnicity, race, or cultural differences.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Separatistnoun

    one who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a schismatic; a sectary

  2. Etymology: [Cf. F. sparatiste.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of separatist in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of separatist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of separatist in a Sentence

  1. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu:

    It has been revealed that a YPG member who infiltrated from Syria with members of the separatist terror organization conducted this attack.

  2. Marie Struthers:

    This horrific assault is yet another apparent example of complete disregard for human life and dignity in Ukraine committed by Russian forces. All those suspected of criminal responsibility must be investigated, since the start of Russia's war on Ukraine, Amnesty International has documented crimes under international law, like summary killings of captives by Russia-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine and extrajudicial executions of Ukrainian civilians by Russian forces.

  3. Altaf Hussain:

    Be it the pro-India or separatist leaders, everybody is hiding behind Covid-19 in Greater Kashmir. There is no political activity, there are no statements issued by the pro-India or pro-freedom leadership, so local media doesn't have to make any choices what to publish and what not to publish, covid-19 situation has given breathing space to media in Greater Kashmir, but when this pandemic passes and political activity resumes, we have to see how the media local media behaves. We have to see whether they will face the challenges or succumb.

  4. Jewher Ilham:

    The Chinese government claims that my father is a separatist, someone who advocates for violence and someone that promotes extremism, but these are all completely nonsense accusations.

  5. Alan Tudge:

    Our ship is slightly veering towards a European separatist multicultural model and we want to pull it back to be firmly on the Australian integrated path.

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