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UKseparatist
/sˈɛpəɹˌætɪst/
/ˈsɛpɝətɪst/Separatist
[NOUN]1
an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union)
synonyms : separationist
separatist
[ADJECTIVE]1
having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude
Examples
1. Certain pubs have separatist sympathies.
2. Catalan separatists joined conservatives in opposition.
3. Separatist movements are nothing new.
4. In April 2014, just after Russia's annexation of Crimea, pro-Russian separatists seized a large swathe of eastern Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
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