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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
separatist
adj : having separated or advocating separation from another
entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"
[syn: breakaway, fissiparous]
n : an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group
(such as an established church or a national union) [syn:
separationist]
WordNet (r) 2.0
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "separatist":
abjuratory, apostate, backslider, bolter, breakaway,
collaborationist, collaborator, convert, defector, demurrer,
deserter, dissenter, dissentient, dissident, fifth columnist,
misbeliever, mugwump, mugwumpian, mugwumpish, nonconformist,
objector, opinionist, opposition voice, proselyte, protestant,
protester, quisling, recidivist, recreant, recusant, renegade,
renegado, renegate, renunciative, renunciatory, repudiative,
repudiatory, reversionist, revocatory, runagate, schismatic,
seceder, secessionist, sectarian, sectary, strikebreaker,
tergiversant, tergiversator, traitor, turnabout, turncoat,
turntail
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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