separatist
Syllables: sep·a·ra·tist/ˈsɛpəɹətɪst/
separatist noun: someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatic movements.
Noun
separatist (plural separatists)
- Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatic movements.
- A person who advocates or seeks the splitting of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.
- Near-synonym: secessionist
- On rare occasions French-Canadian separatists have resorted to violence.
- Synonyms:
- secessionist
- Antonyms:
- centralist, unionist, federalist
Adjective
separatist (not comparable)
- Advocating ecclesiastical separation.
- Advocating or seeking the separation of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.
- He is a Scottish nationalist and has a large collection of separatist literature.
separatist meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
separatist in Hindi
- separatist
- अलगाववादी algāvvādī
separatist in Urdu
- separatist
- علیحدگی پسند alehdgī pasand
separatist in Bengali
- political separatist
- বিচ্ছিন্নতাবাদী bicchinnotabadi, আলাদাবাদী aladabadi
separatist in Malayalam
- political separatist
- വിഘടനവാദി vighaṭanavādi
More languagesFewer languages
- separatist in Kannada
- ಪ್ರತ್ಯೇಕತಾವಾದಿ
- separatist in Gujarati
- અલગતાવાદી alagtāvādī
- separatist in Arabic
- اِنْشِقَاقِيّ inšiqāqiyy, مُنْشَقّ munšaqq
- separatist in Malay
- pemisah
Examples of separatist in a sentence
- The government has been negotiating behind the scenes with the separatists for months.
- If they’re holding a separatist rally to protest Earther rule, Belter is the order of the day.
- Among separatists, Parizeau was known as pur et dur, hard-line and uncompromising.
Synonyms of separatist
Antonyms
Forms of separatist
| plural | separatists |
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Origin of separatist
From separate + -ist.
Words formed from separatist
Questions about separatist
- What does separatist mean?
- Separatist means someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatic movements.
- What is separatist in Hindi?
- Separatist in Hindi is अलगाववादी (algāvvādī). See Separatist meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is separatist?
- Separatist can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce separatist?
- Separatist is pronounced /ˈsɛpəɹətɪst/.
- What is the plural of separatist?
- The plural of separatist is separatists.
Words near separatist in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: separatist (page history and authors); अलगाववादी (Hindi) (page history and authors); علیحدگی پسند (Urdu) (page history and authors); separatist (Kannada 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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