separationist

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for separationist
Noun
  • Cameroon, with its longstanding Anglophone separatist insurgency and jihadists forcing thousands to flee their homes, is particularly at risk.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The plot thickened last year when Canadian authorities linked Bishnoi to the targeting of Sikh separatists on its soil, including the killing of activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was gunned down in British Columbia in 2023.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • No Chinese leader will want to suffer the embarrassment of backing down against what the Chinese Communist Party has long framed as a rogue secessionist movement.
    JOEL WUTHNOW, Foreign Affairs, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This scuttles a compromise, whereby paintings of Lee in his prewar blue Army uniform could remain while the portrait of Lee the secessionist and enslaver came down.
    Time, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For too long in Kansas, the Republican Party has been dominated by extremists who see no room for moderation or bipartisanship, let alone unity or mutual respect.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025
  • So what happens when extremists wear their clothes?
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These OCORs are designed to last much longer than normal cleaning radicals.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Her first identity was as a Marxist radical.
    Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Separationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separationist. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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