Occitanist

plural Occitanists

1. A supporter of Occitanism; an Occitan regionalist.

   In need ofrallying points, Occitanists sought unifying symbols and especially a common language, and therefore tried to bring some order to the different dialects in Southern France.

   2014, Aviv Amit, Regional Language Policies in France During World War II, London: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN

2. A student of Occitan culture and language.

comparative more Occitanist · superlative most Occitanist

1. Relating to or endorsing Occitanism.

   Its popular success through its local activities is ignored in order to try to spread once more the Occitanist propaganda concerning a supposed gap between the Félibrige and the popular language of the people.

   2003, Philippe Blanchet, “Uses and images of Occitan: an Occitanist view of the world.”, in International Journal of the Sociology of Language, volume 2004, number 169, Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISSN

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   To illuminate such tensions, the article considerers the controversy triggered when one Occitan singer-songwriter, Joan Pau Verdier, signed with an international label, thereby opening himself up to charges of having betrayed the Occitanist cause.

   2011, Eric Drott, “The Nòva Cançon Occitana and the Internal Colonialism Thesis”, in French Politics, Culture & Society, volume 29, number 1, New York, NY.: Berghahn Books, →DOI, →ISSN