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• The government has been negotiating behind the scenes with the separatists for months.From the entry behind the scenes
• If they’re holding a separatist rally to protest Earther rule, Belter is the order of the day.2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz, Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars…. From the entry earther
• Among separatists, Parizeau was known as pur et dur, hard-line and uncompromising.2011, Robert Bothwell, Canada and Quebec: One Country, Two Histories: Revised Edition, UBC Press, →ISBN, page 256. From the entry pur et dur
• Leatherwomen tend to be somewhat separatist, often preferring women-only (or primarily female) parties and events.2000, Gloria G. Brame, Come hither: a commonsense guide to kinky sex. From the entry leatherwoman
• This estimate is contested by the estimates of the Ukrainian pro-governmental website Mirotvorets, which regularly publishes data of identified separatists.2017 May 30, Kacper Rekawek, Not Only Syria? The Phenomenon of Foreign Fighters in a Comparative Perspective, IOS Press, →ISBN, page 64. From the entry Myrotvorets
• The Buddhist leader was a source of distress for the Chinese government, which accused him of stirring up separatists in Tibet.2010, George W. Bush, Decision Points, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 428. From the entry Dalai Lama
• The separatist element of society does not fight for equality, they fight for separatism, which is not a socially equanimitable philosophy.2008 May 1, Chris Jenkins, “A Dialogue on Race”, in Google Groups, "Minds Eye", archived from the original on 12 Jun 2023. From the entry equanimitable
• She's a feminist whose increasing involvement in the leathergirl scene puts her in direct conflict with her separatist friends.2004, Judith A. Markowitz, The Gay Detective Novel, page 36. From the entry leathergirl
• The riot was a rare and the most serious incident carried out by the ethnic separatists since the liberation of Xinjiang.1998, Zhang Yumo, “THE ANTI-SEPARATISM STRUGGLE AND ITS HISTORICAL LESSONS SINCE THE LIBERATION OF XINJIANG”, in Turdi Ghoja, transl.…. From the entry barin
• The position of the Third Congress of the CPY regarding individual irridenta and separatist national movements is rather interesting.1991, Stanoje Ivanović, The Creation and Changes of the Internal Borders of Yugoslavia. From the entry irridenta
• Certainly the Black Muslims, with their passion for a Negro apartheid, were championing a separatist movement that practically outsegregated the segregationists.1968, Lionel Lokos, House Divided: The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King, page 216. From the entry outsegregate
• To a man, Cyrenaica's new landlords insist they are the launchpad for a countrywide liberation, with Tripoli as the capital, not a separatist movement.2011 February 25, “Building a new Libya”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19…. From the entry to a man
• Mainly because of their passionate commitment to anti-abortion activism, Catholic conservatives have thus far wielded a far greater public presence than either separatists or Marianists.1999, Michael W. Cuneo, The Smoke of Satan, JHU Press, →ISBN, page 179. From the entry Marianist
• Women's separatist communities could be potentially inclusive of all women or selective of gynaffectionate women and lesbians (perhaps of limited numbers of gynophilic men).1997, Nancy R. Howell, “Radical relatedness and feminist separatism”, in Gary David Comstock, Susan E Henking, editors, Que(e)rying…. From the entry gynophilic
• Men felt that they were being deliberately excluded, other women felt this was the “separatist élitism” of which the women’s movement is so often accused.1963, International Peace Research Newsletter, volume 14, [Boulder, Colo.?]: International Peace Research Association, →OCLC, page 38. From the entry albethey
• Things can get especially tense, he said, when the evictees are former soldiers of the Kosovo Liberation Army, the separatist guerrilla group that fought the Serbs.2008 February 16, Dan Bilefsky, “As Kosovo Rebuilds, U.N. Hurries to Return Property”, in New York Times. From the entry evictee
• The official said it was not immediately clear who the attackers were, but said some of them were shouting "Allahu Akbar" - a frequent cry of Chechnya's separatist rebels.2004 June 22, Yuri Bagrov, The Guardian. From the entry Allahu akbar
• He insisted that the Basque separatist group Eta remained the main line of investigation, and suggested the tape may have been an attempt to muddy the waters.2004 March 12, Giles Tremlett, “The clues that point towards al-Qaida”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry muddy the waters
• We cannot afford to downgrade the lifestyles of other lesbians; we cannot afford to portray lesbians thinly as drunken and bothersome separatists who push their views on "work-within-the-movement" dykes".1978 April 29, Cindy Rizzo, “Unity of Divergence”, in Gay Community News, page 4. From the entry downgrade
• In Donetsk, in an eerie echo of events in Crimea, separatists went one step further and have now proclaimed their own independent Donetsk People’s Republic and asked Russia for support.2014 April 7, Stefan Wolff, Tatyana Malyarenko, “Ukraine veers closer to collapse as activists in Donetsk proclaim ‘people’s republic’”…. From the entry Donetsk People's Republic

Meaning of separatist

1. noun Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatic movements.
2. noun A person who advocates or seeks the splitting of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.
3. adjective Advocating ecclesiastical separation.

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How do you use separatist in a sentence?

Separatist is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “On rare occasions French-Canadian separatists have resorted to violence.”

What is a short sentence with separatist?

“On rare occasions French-Canadian separatists have resorted to violence.”

What does separatist mean?

Separatist means someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatic movements.