separationist
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- noun
- /ˌsɛpəˈreɪʃənɪst/
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separatista
- The Smith decision will have far-reaching effects, and church-state separationists will watch the Court's use of Scalia's opinion very carefully.
- church-state separationists
- state separationists
Examples
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It is the fiscal imbalance between Spain and certain regions that is fueling separationist ambitions.
Blog text (29) -
The university material describes the school as a Christian school, and that is where church-state separationists have trouble with Robertson's request.
Academic text (1991) -
But Burger soon found himself often dissenting as the Court began to build a body of separationist doctrine based on Lemon.
Academic text (1995) -
Modern evangelicalism, coming out of the fundamentalist tradition of the early 1900s, had a strong separationist heritage.
Academic text (1991) -
Finally, those evangelicals with a strict separationist heritage were quick to oppose legislation they believed would impose a particular belief system on unwilling recipients.
Academic text (1991) -
Thus, the text of most state constitutions actually enacts a much stronger barrier between church and state than even the most separationist Supreme Court precedents have required.
Academic text (2014) -
Still, although it has been accurately observed that "those who live by the crystal ball must quickly learn to eat glass," my hunch is that her general background points to her being much more a church-state "separationist" than Justice White, and much less likely to align herself with Justice Kennedy's more "accommodationist" "coercion" approach.
Academic text (1993) -
The politician is known as a separationist because he advocates for the independence of his region from the national government.
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As a separationist, she believes that church and state should remain entirely distinct in order to preserve individual freedoms.
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The separationist group organized protests to promote their cause for regional autonomy and self-governance.
Synonyms
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6.8
A person who wants part of a country to become independent
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A person who wants their region to leave a country
Supporting separation from a country to form a new state
A person who supports dividing a country into separate states for political reasons
A person who causes a split in a religious group
How Supportive
Surface Forms
Morphology
separationist = separation (transparent) = separate + ion + ist
Formed from the noun 'separation' plus the agent/advocate suffix '-ist', so the meaning 'one who advocates separation' is directly derivable.
Etymology
Separationist comes from separate and the ending -ist. The root separate means 'to put apart', and -ist — like in artist — means 'a person who does or believes in', so a separationist is someone who wants a group set 'apart' from a larger group, for example when a region seeks independence.