separatist

English

Etymology

From separate +‎ -ist.

Noun

separatist (plural separatists)

1. Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatics.
2. 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.

Translations

political separatist

Arabic: انشقاقي (ar) (inshaqaaqiy) m., منشق (ar) (munshaqq) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 獨立派 (cmn), 独立派 (cmn) (dúlìpài), 分離主義者 (cmn), 分离主义者 (cmn) (fēnlízhǔyìzhě), 分裂 (cmn) (fēnliè) French: séparatiste (fr) m. German: Separatist (de) m.

Italian: separatista (it) Japanese: 分離主義者 (ja) (ぶんりしゅぎしゃ, bunrishugisha), 分離独立 (ja) (ぶんりどくりつ, bunri-dokuritsu) Russian: сепаратист (ru) (separatíst) m. Spanish: separatista (es) m. Swedish: separatist (sv) c.

Adjective

separatist (not comparable)

1. Advocating ecclesiastical separation.
2. 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.

Translations

Advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory

Dutch: separatistisch (nl) French: séparatiste (fr) Italian: separatista (it)

Russian: сепаратистский (ru) (separatístskij) Swedish: separatist- (sv)

Related terms

• separatism