Separatism

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Separatism \Sep"a*ra*tism\, n. [CF. F. s['e]paratisme.]
     The character or act of a separatist; disposition to withdraw
     from a church; the practice of so withdrawing.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  separatism
       n 1: a social system that provides separate facilities for
            minority groups [syn: {segregation}]
       2: a disposition toward schism and secession from a larger
          group; the principles and practices of separatists;
          "separatism is a serious problem in Quebec"; "demands for
          some form of separatism on grounds of religion have been
          perceived as a threat to mainstream education"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "separatism":
     abstraction, alienation, apartheid, detachment, disarticulation,
     disassociation, disconnectedness, disconnection, discontinuity,
     disengagement, disjointing, disjunction, dislocation, disunion,
     division, divorce, divorcement, incoherence, isolation, luxation,
     parting, partition, removal, segmentation, separateness,
     separation, subdivision, subtraction, withdrawal, zoning