separatism
separatism noun: a theory or doctrine which supports a state of separation between organizations, institutions, or other societal groups (e.g. between church and state) or between different political jurisdictions (e.g. a country and its former colony).
Noun
separatism (countable and uncountable, plural separatisms)
- A theory or doctrine which supports a state of separation between organizations, institutions, or other societal groups (e.g. between church and state) or between different political jurisdictions (e.g. a country and its former colony).
- She wrote an essay expounding the tenets of Scottish separatism.
- The practice of treating members of different societal groups in a politically, legally, or economically different manner.
- Apartheid was a government-enforced form of separatism in which people received unequal social benefits based on race.
separatism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
separatism in Hindi
- theory or doctrine
- अलगाववाद algāvvād, पृथकतावाद pŕthaktāvād
separatism in Tamil
- பிரிவினை வாதம்
separatism in Bengali
- theory or doctrine
- বিচ্ছিন্নতাবাদ bicchinnotabad
separatism in Malayalam
- theory or doctrine
- വിഘടനവാദം vighaṭanavādaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- separatism in Arabic
- اِنْفِصَالِيَّة infiṣāliyya, اِنْشِقَاقِيَّة inšiqāqiyya
- separatism in Indonesian
- separatisme
- separatism in Persian
- جداییخواهی jodâyi-xâhi
- separatism in Thai
- คตินิยมการแยกตัวออก
- separatism in Vietnamese
- chủ nghĩa phân lập
Forms of separatism
| plural | separatisms |
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Origin of separatism
From separate + -ism.
Words formed from separatism
Questions about separatism
- What does separatism mean?
- Separatism means a theory or doctrine which supports a state of separation between organizations, institutions, or other societal groups (e.g. between church and state) or between different political jurisdictions (e.g. a country and its former colony).
- What is separatism in Hindi?
- Separatism in Hindi is अलगाववाद (algāvvād), पृथकतावाद (pŕthaktāvād). See Separatism meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is separatism?
- Separatism is a noun.
- What is the plural of separatism?
- The plural of separatism is separatisms.
Words near separatism in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: separatism (page history and authors); separatism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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