separatism Definition
sepa·ra·tism (sep′ə rə tiz′əm)
noun
a condition or the advocacy of political, religious, or racial separation
separatism Usage Examples
Converse of object
- encourage: It worries that military action would create a power vacuum, destabilize the region and encourage separatism among Turkish citizens of Kurdish origin.
- promote: The second is related to indigenous terrorist movements engaging in terrorism to promote separatism or an extreme ideology " .
- foster: Education Quandary Published: 01 September 2005 What is the best way of preventing independent Islamic schools fostering separatism and hatred?
- advocate: The worst thing that could possibly happen to Scotland is the separatism advocated by the hon.
- reject: They too reject separatism and also any separate legislative assembly.
- worry: Moscow worries that separatism inside Russia and radical Islamic movements beyond their borders might threaten stability in Southern Russia.
Adjective modifier
- national: The paper was sparked by Nairn's neo-Marxist speculations on national separatism in Britain published in the same year.
- Kurdish: Turkey fears a Kurdish breakaway state in northern Iraq could trigger renewed armed Kurdish separatism on its own territory.
- black: But neither Labor nor black separatism has the answers that can unite black and white workers.
- cultural: Difficult boundaries I accept that the boundaries between legitimate expression of identity and cultural separatism can be hard to draw.
- racial: The slogan ' Europe of a Hundred Flags ' sounds appealing but hides the racial separatism assumed in Fascist decentralization.
- ethnic: Ethnic separatism and the idea that people are intrinsically different because of their culture are possible outcomes of a struggle for indigenous rights.
Browse dictionary entries near separatism
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