separatism
English
Etymology
Noun
separatism (countable and uncountable, plural separatisms)
- A theory or doctrine which supports a state of separation between organizations, institutions, or other societal groups (e.g. between church and state) or between different political jurisdictions (e.g. a country and its former colony).
- She wrote an essay expounding the tenets of Scottish separatism.
- The practice of treating members of different societal groups in a politically, legally, or economically different manner.
- Apartheid was a government-enforced form of separatism in which people received unequal social benefits based on race.
Related terms
Translations
separatism
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See also
Romanian
Etymology
From French séparatisme.
Noun
separatism n (uncountable)
Declension
declension of separatism (singular only)
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) separatism | separatismul |
genitive/dative | (unui) separatism | separatismului |
vocative | separatismule |