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Meaning of Separatism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. 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).
    countable, uncountable
  2. The practice of treating members of different societal groups in a politically, legally, or economically different manner.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الإنفصالية اِنْشِقَاقِيَّة انفصالية
Bosanski separatizam сепаратизам
Català separatisme
Čeština separatismus
Dansk separatisme
Deutsch Separatismus
Español separatismo
Suomi erottelu separatismi separatistisuus
Français séparatisme
Galego separatismo
עברית בדלנות
हिन्दी अलगाववाद
Hrvatski separatizam сепаратизам
Magyar szeparatizmus
Bahasa Indonesia separatisme
Italiano separatismo
日本語 分離主義
ქართული სეპარატიზმი
Қазақша жікшілдік
한국어 분리주의
Македонски сепаратизам
മലയാളം വിഘടനവാദം
Nederlands separatisme
Polski separatyzm
Português separatismo
Русский сепаратизм
Српски separatizam сепаратизам
Türkçe ayrılıkçılık
Українська сепаратизм

Examples

“She wrote an essay expounding the tenets of Scottish separatism.”
“Apartheid was a government-enforced form of separatism in which people received unequal social benefits based on race.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Separatist Separative separative error separativeness Separator Separators

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