| / English Dictionary |
SEPARATIST
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union)
Synonyms:
separationist; separatist
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("separatist" is a kind of...):
advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)
Domain category:
church; church service (a service conducted in a house of worship)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "separatist"):
white separatist (someone who advocates a society in which white people live separately from members of other racial groups)
Derivation:
separate (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways)
separatism (a disposition toward schism and secession from a larger group; the principles and practices of separatists)
separatist (having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude
Example:
a breakaway faction
Synonyms:
breakaway; fissiparous; separatist
Classified under:
Similar:
independent (free from external control and constraint)
Derivation:
separatist (an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union))
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
