separatist

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See also: Separatist

English

Etymology

From separate +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛpəɹətɪst/
  • Hyphenation: sep‧a‧ra‧tist

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

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


Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

separatist m (definite singular separatisten, indefinite plural separatister, definite plural separatistene)

  1. a separatist

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Noun

separatist m (definite singular separatisten, indefinite plural separatistar, definite plural separatistane)

  1. separatist (person who supports partition of their country)
    Separatistane møtte opp mannsterke i gatene.
    The separatists turned up in large numbers in the streets.

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