different between secessionist vs separatist

English

Etymology

secession +? -ist

Noun

secessionist (plural secessionists)

1. A person who secedes or supports secession from a political union or an alliance or organisation.

   Gustav Klimt was of the Viennese secessionist school.

Usage notes

A common usage is for supporters of the Confederacy during the United States Civil War.

Related terms

• secede
• secession

Translations

Adjective

secessionist (comparative more secessionist, superlative most secessionist)

1. seceding or supporting secession.

Usage notes

As well as being applied to people and movements, 'secessionist' is commonly used to describe opinions or beliefs and the form of their expression in books, articles, or speeches.

English

Etymology

From separate +? -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?p???t?st/
• Hyphenation: sep?a?ra?tist

Noun

separatist (plural separatists)

1. Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatics.
2. A person who advocates or seeks the splitting of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.

   On rare occasions French-Canadian separatists have resorted to violence.

Translations

Adjective

separatist (not comparable)

1. Advocating ecclesiastical separation.
2. Advocating or seeking the separation of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.

   He is a Scottish nationalist and has a large collection of separatist literature.

Translations

Related terms

• separatism

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

separatist m (definite singular separatisten, indefinite plural separatister, definite plural separatistene)

1. a separatist

Related terms

• separatisme
• separatistisk

References

• “separatist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?para?tist/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

separatist m (definite singular separatisten, indefinite plural separatistar, definite plural separatistane)

1. separatist (person who supports partition of their country)

   Separatistane møtte opp mannsterke i gatene.

   The separatists turned up in large numbers in the streets.

Related terms

• separatisme
• separatistisk

References

• “separatist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French séparatiste.

Adjective

separatist m or n (feminine singular separatist?, masculine plural separati?ti, feminine and neuter plural separatiste)

1. separatist

Declension