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separatist

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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sep·a·ra·tist /ˈsepərətɪst/ noun [countable]  PPGINDEPENDENT COUNTRY OR ORGANIZATIONsomeone who belongs to a group that wants to start a new country with its own government, by separating from the country that they belong to now 分离主义者,独立主义者separatism noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
separatistGroups of women working or socializing together are not automatically separatist.The bomb is thought to have been planted by the Basque separatist group Eta.A Kashmiri separatist group claimed responsibility for the blast.The arrests brought the number of separatists detained in Jayapura since last week to 61.But under what circumstances does it become politically separatist?The rules are simple: whatever your race or class, provided you are a woman, you are a potential separatist.The separatists had won no seats at the last elections, in 1986.
sep·a·ra·tist nounChineseSyllable
who to that group someone a wants Corpus belongs to


separatist
separatist /ˈsepərətəst, ˈsepərətɪst/ noun [countable]
 Word Family: noun: separation, separates, separatist, separatism, separator, inseperability; adjective: separableinseparable, separate, separated; adverb: inseparably, separately; verb: separate
someone who belongs to a group that wants to start a new country with its own government, by separating from the country that they belong to now
—separatism noun [uncountable]


sep·ar·at·istBrE /ˈseprətɪst/ 🔊NAmE /ˈseprətɪst/ 🔊 nouna member of a group of people within a country who want to separate from the rest of the country and form their own government 分离主义者;独立主义者Basque separatists巴斯克分裂主义者 sep·ar·at·ism BrE /ˈseprətɪzəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈseprətɪzəm/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] sep·ar·at·ist adjectivea separatist movement分离主义运动