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Separatists
Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatics.
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noun
- 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."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Separatists"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| independentnoun | A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform. |
| breakawaynoun | The act of breaking away from something. |
| abkhaznoun | An Abkhazian; a native or inhabitant of Abkhazia, a region just east of the Black Sea. |
| abkhaziannoun | A native or inhabitant of Abkhazia, a region in the Caucasus. |
| chechennoun | A member of a Nakh people of the northern Caucasus and resident in the Russian republic of Chechnya. |
| dissidentsnoun | A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in power, the policies of the political group in power, or current laws. |
| guerrillasnoun | a 1975 novel by V. S. Naipaul. |
| militantsnoun | An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction. |
| rebelsnoun | "Rebels" is a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. |
| secessionistsnoun | The doctrine or policy of secession. |
| splittersnoun | A person or a thing that splits. |
| separatismnoun | The practice of treating members of different societal groups in a politically, legally, or economically different manner. |
| secessionistnoun | A person who secedes or supports secession from a political union or an alliance or organisation. |
| secessionismnoun | The doctrine or policy of secession. |
| secessionnoun | The act of seceding. |
| separationistnoun | A separatist. |
| nationalistsnoun | An advocate of nationalism. |
| extremistsnoun | (politics) A person who holds extreme views, especially one who advocates such views; a radical or fanatic. |
| secedernoun | One who secedes, such as from a country or organization |
| insurgentsnoun | One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency. |
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