separationist

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  1. separatist
  2. secessionist
  3. radical
Noun
  • Lai, who asserted Taiwan is a sovereign, independent nation in his inauguration speech in May, is viewed by Beijing as a separatist.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Aside from a small minority of violent Sikh separatists, Canada does not see the Khalistan movement as the threat India does, according to Carvin.
    Lex Harvey, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of separatist
Noun
  • Recognizing Somaliland would undoubtedly rattle the rump state of Somalia, further destabilize the Horn, and elicit a sharp rebuke from the African Union, which has long opposed secessionist movements.
    Ken Opalo, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Pablo Simón, political science professor at Carlos III University in Madrid, said that the secessionist movement was in a period of uncertain transition.
    Joseph Wilson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
Definition of secessionist
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  • Obama ended up funding and arming the Syrian opposition so feebly it was slaughtered and – when its extremists joined up with radicals from Iraq’s long-running insurgency against the US occupation – metastasized into ISIS.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
  • But that’s pretty typical of these radicals lying and gaslighting to scare voters into voting for them.
    Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 2 Nov. 2024
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