Dictionary

separatism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English separate Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English separatism From separate + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A theory or doctrine which supports a state of separation between organizations, institutions, or other societal groups (e.g. between church and state) or between different political jurisdictions (e.g. a country and its former colony).
   • She wrote an essay expounding the tenets of Scottish separatism.
2. (countable, uncountable) The practice of treating members of different societal groups in a politically, legally, or economically different manner.
   • Apartheid was a government-enforced form of separatism in which people received unequal social benefits based on race.

Forms

Deriveds

antiseparatism

Relateds

separatist · secessionism · segregation · apartheid

Translations (54)

mk сепарати́зам (theory or doctrine) · sh separatizam (theory or doctrine) · oc separatisme (theory or doctrine) · fi separatismi (theory or doctrine) · sco separatism (theory or doctrine) · sk separatizmus (theory or doctrine) · nl separatisme (theory or doctrine) · ckb جیاخوازی (theory or doctrine) · sh сепаратизам (theory or doctrine) · hi अलगाववाद (theory or doctrine) · kk жікшілдік (theory or doctrine) · sl separatizem (theory or doctrine) · ar اِنْشِقَاقِيَّة (theory or doctrine) · ko 분리주의 (theory or doctrine) · ca separatisme (theory or doctrine) · th คตินิยมการแยกตัวออก (theory or doctrine) · hy անջատականություն (theory or doctrine) · bn বিচ্ছিন্নতাবাদ (theory or doctrine) · pl separatyzm (theory or doctrine) · be сепараты́зм (theory or doctrine) · ru сепарати́зм (theory or doctrine) · az separatçılıq (theory or doctrine) · cs separatismus (theory or doctrine) · nb separatisme (theory or doctrine) · ky сепаратизм (theory or doctrine) · sv separatism (theory or doctrine) · cmn 分裂主義 /分裂主义 (theory or doctrine) · tg ҷудоихоҳӣ (theory or doctrine) · es separatismo (theory or doctrine) · gl separatismo (theory or doctrine) · et separatism (theory or doctrine) · de Separatismus (theory or doctrine) · lv separātisms (theory or doctrine) · uk сепарати́зм (theory or doctrine) · it separatismo (theory or doctrine) · uz separatizm (theory or doctrine) · pt separatismo (theory or doctrine) · tr ayrılıkçılık (theory or doctrine) · hu szeparatizmus (theory or doctrine) · fr séparatisme (theory or doctrine) · he בַּדלָנוּת (theory or doctrine) · hi पृथकतावाद (theory or doctrine) · bg сепарати́зъм (theory or doctrine) · ar اِنْفِصَالِيَّة (theory or doctrine) · vi chủ nghĩa phân lập (theory or doctrine) · id separatisme (theory or doctrine) · cmn 分離主義 /分离主义 (theory or doctrine) · ml വിഘടനവാദം (theory or doctrine) · fa جداییخواهی (theory or doctrine) · ka სეპარატიზმი (theory or doctrine) · ja 分離主義 (theory or doctrine) · da separatisme (theory or doctrine) · lt separatizmas (theory or doctrine) · fi erottelu (practice of treating members of different societal groups in a different manner)