separatist

From separate +‎ -ist.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛpəɹətɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: sep‧a‧ra‧tist

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.

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.

• separatism

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

1. a separatist

• separatisme
• separatistisk

• “separatist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /səparaˈtist/

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.

• separatisme
• separatistisk

• “separatist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French séparatiste. By surface analysis, separat +‎ -ist.

separatist m or n (feminine singular separatistă, masculine plural separatiști, feminine and neuter plural separatiste)

1. separatist

Internationalism (see English separatist).

separatist c

1. separatist

• separatistgerilla
• separatistgrupp
• separatistledare
• separatistparti
• separatiströrelse

• separatism
• separatistisk

• separatist in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker