separatist

separatist

See also: Separatist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English separate
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English separatist

    From separate + -ist.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsɛpəɹətɪst/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Hyphenation: sep‧a‧ra‧tist

    Noun

    separatist (plural separatists)

    1. Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatic movements.
      Coordinate terms: sectarian, schismatic
    2. A person who advocates or seeks the splitting of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.
      Antonyms: centralist, unionist, federalist
      Coordinate terms: devolutionist, autonomist, sovereigntist, souverainist
      Near-synonym: secessionist
      On rare occasions French-Canadian separatists have resorted to violence.

    Derived terms

    Translations

    Adjective

    separatist (not comparable)

    1. Advocating ecclesiastical separation.
    2. Advocating 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.

    Translations

    Danish

    Etymology

    Internationalism.

    Noun

    separatist c (singular definite separatisten, plural indefinite separatister)

    1. separatist
      Coordinate term: udbryder

    Declension

    Declension of separatist
    common
    gender     		singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative separatist separatisten separatister separatisterne
    genitive separatists separatistens separatisters separatisternes

    Derived terms

    • separatistbevægelse

    Further reading

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Noun

    separatist m (definite singular separatisten, indefinite plural separatister, definite plural separatistene)

    1. a separatist

    References

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /səparaˈtist/

    Noun

    separatist m (definite singular separatisten, indefinite plural separatistar, definite plural separatistane)

    1. separatist (person who supports partition of their country)
      Separatistane møtte opp mannsterke i gatene.
      The separatists turned up in large numbers in the streets.

    References

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French séparatiste. By surface analysis, separat +‎ -ist.

    Adjective

    separatist m or n (feminine singular separatistă, masculine plural separatiști, feminine/neuter plural separatiste)

    1. separatist

    Declension

    Declension of separatist
    singular plural
    masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
    nominative-
    accusative     		indefinite separatist separatistă separatiști separatiste
    definite separatistul separatista separatiștii separatistele
    genitive-
    dative     		indefinite separatist separatiste separatiști separatiste
    definite separatistului separatistei separatiștilor separatistelor

    Swedish

    Etymology

    Internationalism (see English separatist).

    Noun

    separatist c

    1. separatist

    Declension

    Declension of separatist
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite separatist separatists
    definite separatisten separatistens
    plural indefinite separatister separatisters
    definite separatisterna separatisternas

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • “separatist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
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