separatist
Noun · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)separatists
- an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union)Synonyms: separationistType of advocate, advocatorKinds white separatist
Adjective (1)
- having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude“a breakaway faction”Synonyms: breakawayfissiparousOpposite dependentSimilar independent
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sep′a·ra·tist noun
Origin: Cf. F. séparatiste.
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.
Heavy fines on divines who should preach in any meeting of separatist.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54