separationist

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for separationist
Noun
  • These were followed by the left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Quebec separatist Bloc Quebecois.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The separatists attacked the train carrying about 450 people Tuesday in a tunnel in a remote part of southwestern Balochistan province.
    Abdul Sattar and Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Dodik and other secessionist leaders will realize that nothing is stopping them from dismantling the remaining Bosnian institutions in their territory.
    Ismet Fatih Cancar, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2025
  • An Austrian secessionist painted iron center table by Thonet stands atop a circa 1900 Russian Bessarabian wool rug in the two-story entrance hall.
    David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Both stances are conceivable within the capacious framework of the book, and that is perhaps why radicals and conservatives alike have found support for their arguments in its pages.
    Nikil Saval, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The group's site recommends against using Molotov cocktails, as several radicals across the country have, in favor of more effective devices.
    Peter D'Abrosca, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Separationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separationist. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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