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Synonyms for separatist

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sep-er-uh-tist, -uh-rey-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛp ər ə tɪst, -əˌreɪ-

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Définition of separatist

Origin :
  • c.1600, from separate + -ist. First used in a denominational religious sense; of political separations from 1871.
  • noun dissenter
Example sentences :
  • Of all these separatist tendencies, laughter is the great corrective.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • In these Revision Courts every priest is an agent of the Separatist party.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • Robinson was the pastor of the Separatist congregation at Leyden.
  • Extract from : « A Source Book in American History to 1787 » by Various
  • He, too, had been slowly propelled to Separatist opinion by persecution.
  • Extract from : « The Beginners of a Nation » by Edward Eggleston.
  • Separatist tendencies were stronger than those of coalescence.
  • Extract from : « The Colonization of North America » by Herbert Eugene Bolton
  • Like most of the leaders of the separatist campaign, Agoncillo was astute.
  • Extract from : « The Katipunan » by J. Brecknock Watson (AKA Francis St. Clair)
  • But no one in Ireland in 1912 thought of a separatist rebellion.
  • Extract from : « John Redmond's Last Years » by Stephen Gwynn
  • Their temper is satirical and separatist; they live in isolation and sterility.
  • Extract from : « Amiel's Journal » by Henri-Frdric Amiel
  • The work began with a widespread Revolutionary and Separatist (Ukrainian) propaganda among the prisoners of war.
  • Extract from : « The Russian Turmoil » by Anton Ivanovich Denikin
  • Under the stress of opposition there was accordingly a marked accentuation of the Puritan and the Separatist spirit.
  • Extract from : « Beginnings of the American People » by Carl Lotus Becker

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