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separatism Definition

sepa·ra·tism (sepə 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.