Separatism
noun
1.
a person who separates, withdraws, or secedes, as from an established church.
2.
an advocate of separation, especially ecclesiastical or political separation.
adjective
3.
of, relating to, or designating separatism or separatists:
separatist forces; separatist tendencies.
noun
1.
a person who advocates or practises secession from an organization or group
(as modifier): a separatist movement
noun
1.
(sometimes not capital) a person who advocates the secession of a province, esp Quebec, from Canada
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