Meanings
plural separatisms
- countableuncountableA 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.
- countableuncountableThe 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
nounadvocacy of a policy of strict separation of church and state
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsēparātus
- Middle Englishseparat
- Englishseparate
- Englishseparatism
Translations
Arabic اِنْفِصَالِيَّة, اِنْشِقَاقِيَّة
- اِنْفِصَالِيَّة (infiṣāliyya)theory or doctrine
- اِنْشِقَاقِيَّة (inšiqāqiyya)theory or doctrine
Bengali বিচ্ছিন্নতাবাদ
- বিচ্ছিন্নতাবাদ (bicchinnotabad)theory or doctrine
Bulgarian сепарати́зъм
- сепарати́зъм (separatízăm)theory or doctrine
Catalan separatisme
- separatismetheory or doctrine
Chinese Mandarin 分離主義 /分离主义, 分裂主義 /分裂主义
- 分離主義 /分离主义 (fēnlízhǔyì)theory or doctrine
- 分裂主義 /分裂主义 (fēnliězhǔyì)theory or doctrine
Czech separatismus
- separatismustheory or doctrine
Danish separatisme
- separatismetheory or doctrine
Dutch separatisme
- separatismetheory or doctrine
Estonian separatism
- separatismtheory or doctrine
Finnish separatismi, erottelu
- separatismitheory or doctrine
- erottelupractice of treating members of different societal groups in a different manner
French séparatisme
- séparatismetheory or doctrine
German Separatismus
- Separatismustheory or doctrine
Hebrew בַּדלָנוּת
- בַּדלָנוּת (badlanút)theory or doctrine
Hindi अलगाववाद, पृथकतावाद
- अलगाववाद (algāvvād)theory or doctrine
- पृथकतावाद (pŕthaktāvād)theory or doctrine
Hungarian szeparatizmus
- szeparatizmustheory or doctrine
Indonesian separatisme
- separatismetheory or doctrine
Italian separatismo
- separatismotheory or doctrine
Japanese 分離主義
- 分離主義 (bunrishugi)theory or doctrine
Korean 분리주의
- 분리주의 (bullijuui)theory or doctrine
Latvian separātisms
- separātismstheory or doctrine
Lithuanian separatizmas
- separatizmastheory or doctrine
Norwegian Bokmål separatisme
- separatismetheory or doctrine
Persian جداییخواهی
- جداییخواهی (jodâyi-xâhi)theory or doctrine
Polish separatyzm
- separatyzmtheory or doctrine
Portuguese separatismo
- separatismotheory or doctrine
Russian сепарати́зм
- сепарати́зм (separatízm)theory or doctrine
Slovak separatizmus
- separatizmustheory or doctrine
Spanish separatismo
- separatismotheory or doctrine
Swedish separatism
- separatismtheory or doctrine
Thai คตินิยมการแยกตัวออก
- คตินิยมการแยกตัวออกtheory or doctrine
Turkish ayrılıkçılık
- ayrılıkçılıktheory or doctrine
Ukrainian сепарати́зм
- сепарати́зм (separatýzm)theory or doctrine
Vietnamese chủ nghĩa phân lập
- chủ nghĩa phân lậptheory or doctrine
Cite this entry
separatism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/separatism
“separatism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/separatism. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “separatism,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/separatism.
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