Meanings
nounseparatist (plural separatists)
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
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On rare occasions French-Canadian separatists have resorted to violence.
Synonyms: secessionist · Antonyms: centralist, unionist, federalist
adjectiveseparatist (not comparable)
- not comparableAdvocating ecclesiastical separation.
- not comparableAdvocating 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who advocates or seeks the splitting of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.
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More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude
nounan advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union)
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsēparātus
- Middle Englishseparat
- Englishseparate
- Englishseparatist
Translations
Arabic اِنْشِقَاقِيّ, مُنْشَقّ
- اِنْشِقَاقِيّ (inšiqāqiyy)political separatist
- مُنْشَقّ (munšaqq)political separatist
Bengali বিচ্ছিন্নতাবাদী, আলাদাবাদী
- বিচ্ছিন্নতাবাদী (bicchinnotabadi)political separatist
- আলাদাবাদী (aladabadi)political separatist
Bulgarian сепарати́ст, сепарати́стка
- сепарати́ст (separatíst)political separatist
- сепарати́стка (separatístka)political separatist
- сепарати́стки (separatístki)advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
Catalan separatista, separatista
- separatistapolitical separatist
- separatistaadvocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
Chinese Mandarin 獨立派 /独立派, 分離主義者 /分离主义者
- 獨立派 /独立派 (dúlìpài)political separatist
- 分離主義者 /分离主义者 (fēnlízhǔyìzhě)political separatist
- 分裂 (fēnliè)political separatist
Czech separatista, separatistický
- separatistapolitical separatist
- separatistickýadvocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
Danish separatist, løsrivelsestilhænger
- separatistpolitical separatist
- løsrivelsestilhængerpolitical separatist
- udbryderpolitical separatist
- separatistiskadvocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
Dutch separatistisch
- separatistischadvocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
Esperanto sendependisto, sendependisma
- sendependistopolitical separatist
- sendependismaadvocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
Finnish separatisti, separatistinen
- separatistipolitical separatist
- separatistinenadvocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
French séparatiste, séparatiste
- séparatistepolitical separatist
- séparatisteadvocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
German Separatist, Separatistin
- Separatistpolitical separatist
- Separatistinpolitical separatist
- separatistischadvocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
Hungarian szeparatista, szakadár
- szeparatistapolitical separatist
- szakadárpolitical separatist
Icelandic aðskilnaðarsinni
- aðskilnaðarsinnipolitical separatist
Italian separatista, separatista
- separatistapolitical separatist
- separatistaadvocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
Japanese 分離主義者, 分離独立
- 分離主義者 (bunrishugisha)political separatist
- 分離独立 (bunri-dokuritsu)political separatist
Korean 분리주의자
- 분리주의자 (bullijuuija)political separatist
Malay pemisah
- pemisahpolitical separatist
Norwegian Bokmål separatist
- separatistpolitical separatist
Polish separatysta, separatystka
- separatystapolitical separatist
- separatystkapolitical separatist
- separatystycznyadvocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
Portuguese separatista, separatista
- separatistapolitical separatist
- separatistaadvocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
Romanian separatist, separatistă
- separatistpolitical separatist
- separatistăpolitical separatist
Russian сепарати́ст, сепарати́стка
- сепарати́ст (separatíst)political separatist
- сепарати́стка (separatístka)political separatist
- сепарати́стский (separatístskij)advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
Spanish separatista, separatista
- separatistapolitical separatist
- separatistaadvocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
Swedish separatist, separatist-
- separatistpolitical separatist
- separatist-advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
- separatistiskadvocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
Turkish ayrılıkçı, ayrılıkçı
- ayrılıkçıpolitical separatist
- ayrılıkçıadvocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
Ukrainian сепарати́ст, сепарати́стка
- сепарати́ст (separatýst)political separatist
- сепарати́стка (separatýstka)political separatist
- сепарати́стський (separatýstsʹkyj)advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
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separatist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/separatist
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Chicago
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