'Separatist' definitions:
Definition of 'separatist'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction" [syn: breakaway, fissiparous, separatist]
noun
An advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union) [syn: separatist, separationist]
Definition of 'Separatist'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'separatist'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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