Found 2 items, similar to separatist.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: separatist
separatist
adj : having separated or advocating separation from another
entity or policy or attitude;
“a breakaway faction”
[syn:
breakaway,
fissiparous]
n : an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group
(such as an established church or a national union) [syn:
separationist]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Separatist
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]