Meaning

2 senses
  1. Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatic movements.

    an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union)

  2. 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.

    Separatist, Separatistin

    сепарати́стseparatíst, сепарати́сткаseparatístka

    сепарати́стseparatýst, сепарати́сткаseparatýstka

Examples

16 sentences
  1. The separatists began to occupy the airport.

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  2. The separatists have taken over the airport.

    deDie Separatisten haben den Flughafen eingenommen.

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  3. Tom had some couscous with the separatists.

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  4. The separatists have nothing to do with knowledge.

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  5. I'm at the library for a separatist meeting.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Forms

plural: separatists
Singularseparatist
Pluralseparatists

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union):separationist

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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