[syn: breakaway, fissiparous, separatist]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Separatist \Sep`a*ra*tist\, n. [Cf. F. s['e]paratiste.]
One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who
withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder
from an established church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a
schismatic; a sectary.
[1913 Webster]
Heavy fines on divines who should preach in any meeting
of separatist . --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
separatist
adj 1: having separated or advocating separation from another
entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction" [syn:
breakaway, fissiparous, separatist]
n 1: an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group
(such as an established church or a national union) [syn:
separatist, separationist]