English Explanatory Dictionary

separatist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
adj
  1. Advocating ecclesiastical separation.
  2. Advocating or seeking the separation of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛpəɹətɪst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-separatist.wav

Word forms

separatist separatists

Etymology

From separate + -ist.

Synonyms

secessionist

Antonyms

centralist unionist federalist

Related words

separatism

Derived words

antiseparatist proseparatist separatistic

Translations

Arabic: اِنْشِقَاقِيّ Arabic: مُنْشَقّ Armenian: սեպարատիստ Belarusian: сепараты́ст Belarusian: сепараты́стка Bengali: বিচ্ছিন্নতাবাদী Bengali: আলাদাবাদী Bulgarian: сепарати́ст Bulgarian: сепарати́стка Catalan: separatista Chinese Mandarin: 獨立派 /独立派 Chinese Mandarin: 分離主義者 /分离主义者 Chinese Mandarin: 分裂 Czech: separatista Danish: separatist Danish: løsrivelsestilhænger Danish: udbryder Faroese: loysingarfólk Finnish: separatisti French: séparatiste Galician: separatista Georgian: სეპარატისტი German: Separatist German: Separatistin Gujarati: અલગતાવાદી Hungarian: szeparatista Hungarian: szakadár Icelandic: aðskilnaðarsinni Italian: separatista Japanese: 分離主義者 Japanese: 分離独立 Korean: 분리주의자 Malay: pemisah Malayalam: വിഘടനവാദി Norwegian Bokmål: separatist Norwegian Nynorsk: separatist Polish: separatysta Polish: separatystka Portuguese: separatista Romanian: separatist Romanian: separatistă Russian: сепарати́ст Russian: сепарати́стка Spanish: separatista Swedish: separatist Tatar: сепаратист Turkish: ayrılıkçı Ukrainian: сепарати́ст Ukrainian: сепарати́стка
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