adj
Meaning 1
Advocating ecclesiastical separation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
separatist
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Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Advocating or seeking the separation of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- He is a Scottish nationalist and has a large collection of separatist literature.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatic movements.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A person who advocates or seeks the splitting of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: secessionist
- On rare occasions French-Canadian separatists have resorted to violence.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: secessionist
Antonyms: centralist, unionist, federalist
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a breakaway faction
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: breakaway, fissiparous
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: separationist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
Narrower terms: white separatist
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English separate Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English separatist From separate + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: сепараты́сцкі (sjeparatýscki) — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- Bulgarian: сепарати́стки (separatístki) — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- Catalan: separatista — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- Czech: separatistický — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- Danish: separatistisk — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- Dutch: separatistisch — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- Esperanto: sendependisma — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- Finnish: separatistinen — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- French: séparatiste — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- Galician: separatista — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- Georgian: სეპარატისტული (seṗaraṭisṭuli) — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- German: separatistisch — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- Italian: separatista — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- Polish: separatystyczny — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- Portuguese: separatista — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- Russian: сепарати́стский (separatístskij) — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- Spanish: separatista — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- Swedish: separatist- — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- Swedish: separatistisk — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- Turkish: ayrılıkçı — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- Ukrainian: сепарати́стський (separatýstsʹkyj) — advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- Arabic: اِنْشِقَاقِيّ (inšiqāqiyy) — political separatist
- Arabic: مُنْشَقّ (munšaqq) — political separatist
- Armenian: սեպարատիստ (separatist) — political separatist
- Belarusian: сепараты́ст (sjeparatýst) — political separatist
- Belarusian: сепараты́стка (sjeparatýstka) — political separatist
- Bengali: বিচ্ছিন্নতাবাদী (bicchinnotabadi) — political separatist
- Bengali: আলাদাবাদী (aladabadi) — political separatist
- Bulgarian: сепарати́ст (separatíst) — political separatist
- Bulgarian: сепарати́стка (separatístka) — political separatist
- Catalan: separatista — political separatist
- Chinese Mandarin: 獨立派 /独立派 (dúlìpài) — political separatist
- Chinese Mandarin: 分離主義者 /分离主义者 (fēnlízhǔyìzhě) — political separatist
- Chinese Mandarin: 分裂 (fēnliè) — political separatist
- Czech: separatista — political separatist
- Danish: separatist — political separatist
- Danish: løsrivelsestilhænger — political separatist
- Danish: udbryder — political separatist
- Esperanto: sendependisto — political separatist
- Faroese: loysingarfólk — political separatist
- Finnish: separatisti — political separatist
- French: séparatiste — political separatist
- Galician: separatista — political separatist
- Georgian: სეპარატისტი (seṗaraṭisṭi) — political separatist
- German: Separatist — political separatist
- German: Separatistin — political separatist
- Gujarati: અલગતાવાદી (alagtāvādī) — political separatist
- Hungarian: szeparatista — political separatist
- Hungarian: szakadár — political separatist
- Icelandic: aðskilnaðarsinni — political separatist
- Italian: separatista — political separatist
- Japanese: 分離主義者 (bunrishugisha) — political separatist
- Japanese: 分離独立 (bunri-dokuritsu) — political separatist
- Korean: 분리주의자 (bullijuuija) — political separatist
- Malay: pemisah — political separatist
- Malayalam: വിഘടനവാദി (vighaṭanavādi) — political separatist
- Norwegian Bokmål: separatist — political separatist
- Norwegian Nynorsk: separatist — political separatist
- Polish: separatysta — political separatist
- Polish: separatystka — political separatist
- Portuguese: separatista — political separatist
- Romanian: separatist — political separatist
- Romanian: separatistă — political separatist
- Russian: сепарати́ст (separatíst) — political separatist
- Russian: сепарати́стка (separatístka) — political separatist
- Spanish: separatista — political separatist
- Swedish: separatist — political separatist
- Tatar: сепаратист (separatist) — political separatist
- Turkish: ayrılıkçı — political separatist
- Ukrainian: сепарати́ст (separatýst) — political separatist
- Ukrainian: сепарати́стка (separatýstka) — political separatist
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