About The Word Separatist
Learn about the word Separatist to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Separatist definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Separatist
| Separatist Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Separatist?
[n] an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union)
[adj] having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction" Synonyms | Synonyms for Separatist: breakaway | independent Related Terms | Find terms related to Separatist: See Also | advocate | advocator | exponent | proponent Separatist In Webster's Dictionary \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.
Heavy fines on divines who should preach in any meeting
of separatist . --Macaulay.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Trustee-beneficiary relation ‐ the responsibility of a trustee to act in the best interests…
- Disjointedness ‐ lacking order or…
- Hard-to-please(a) ‐ of persons; "his father was a hard-to-please taskmaster"; "was…
- Radioactive waste ‐ useless radioactive materials that are left after some laboratory…
- Inclementness ‐ weather unsuitable for outdoor…
- Atmospheric pressure ‐ the pressure exerted by the…
- Patriarchal ‐ characteristic of a…
- Brickwork ‐ masonry done with bricks…
- Sedateness ‐ a trait of dignified…
- Kalian ‐ a pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where…