separatist

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See also: Separatist

English

Etymology

From separate +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛpəɹətɪst/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: sep‧a‧ra‧tist

Noun

separatist (plural separatists)

  1. Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatics.
  2. A person who advocates or seeks the splitting of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.
    On rare occasions French-Canadian separatists have resorted to violence.

Translations

Adjective

separatist (not comparable)

  1. Advocating ecclesiastical separation.
  2. 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.

Translations

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

separatist m (definite singular separatisten, indefinite plural separatister, definite plural separatistene)

  1. a separatist

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Noun

separatist m (definite singular separatisten, indefinite plural separatistar, definite plural separatistane)

  1. separatist (person who supports partition of their country)
    Separatistane møtte opp mannsterke i gatene.
    The separatists turned up in large numbers in the streets.

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French séparatiste. By surface analysis, separat +‎ -ist.

Adjective

separatist m or n (feminine singular separatistă, masculine plural separatiști, feminine and neuter plural separatiste)

  1. separatist

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English separatist).

Noun

separatist c

  1. separatist

Declension

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