separatist
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6.8
- noun
- /ˈsɛpəreɪtɪst/
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separatista
- Having faced partition, numerous internal separatist movements, and other militant activities within its borders, India's democracy has endured.
- a separatist movement
- support separatists
- Kurdish separatists
And you, you have Russian separatists who are Russian Ukrainians who are on, who are going to fight.
- And you, you have Russian separatists who are Russian Ukrainians who are on, who are going to fight.
- Wait, later that year, another Malaysian Airlines plane was shut down, but it was flying over the Russian separatists in Ukraine.
Examples
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First, Pakistan confronts well-armed separatist movements and "bandits" that threaten citizens, the government, and the military.
Academic text (1992) -
Following charges of rigged elections in 1987, an armed separatist rebellion against Indian rule began.
Academic text (2006) -
Since then, armed separatist groups have emerged.
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-It's run by separatists and criminals.
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So this is there's been a series of Muslim separatist groups that have been fighting the government of the Philippines.
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The king has sent them to stop the separatists from escaping.
Fiction book (1999) -
Two hundred heavily armed separatists from the National Liberation Front attacked the city of Zamboanga.
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Nevertheless, he maintains strong links to the separatist movement and makes public appearances at gatherings sponsored by independence organizations.
Academic text (2002) -
The biggest is being waged by Muslim separatists in Kashmir.
Academic text (2000) -
The tensions between the government and the separatist groups have led to ongoing conflict.
Synonyms
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9.8
A person who supports keeping people of different races separate
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8.5
A person who wants their region to leave a country
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9.3
A person who wants white people to live apart from people of other races
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8.2
A person who wants part of a country to leave and become independent
A person who supports separating people by race
A rule or person that causes groups to be kept apart
A person who causes a split in a religious group
Supporting separation from a country to form a new state
A person who supports dividing a country into separate states for political reasons
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
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9.3
A person who wants white people to live apart from people of other races
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Separatist comes from the Latin separare, 'to separate', and the ending -ist means 'a person who does or believes something'. So a separatist is a person who wants their group to be apart or to have its own independence.