SEPARATIST


Meaning of SEPARATIST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈse-p(ə-)rə-tist, ˈse-pə-ˌrā- ]

noun

Date: 1608

: one that favors separatism: as

a. capitalized : one of a group of 16th and 17th century English Protestants preferring to separate from rather than to reform the Church of England

b. : an advocate of independence or autonomy for a part of a political unit (as a nation)

c. : an advocate of racial or cultural separation

• separatist adjective

• sep·a·ra·tis·tic ˌse-p(ə-)rə-ˈtis-tik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.