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Recent Examples of separatist
Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 7 May 2026
Starmer’s Labour Party is running behind populist parties on both the left and right, while separatist or nationalist ones are surging, too.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 7 May 2026
Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 10 Apr. 2026
When a coalition of figures assembled at a Georgetown University forum, in February, 2023, the former Crown Prince sat humbly in a row of eight, alongside two actresses, a soccer player, and an Iranian Kurdish separatist.
—Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
This week, the separatist group Stay Free Alberta submitted a petition for a referendum on the issue that had amassed 302,000 signatures – well ahead of the 178,000 (10% of eligible voters) required for the authorities to consider such a vote.
—Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 7 May 2026
Starmer’s Labour Party is running behind populist parties on both the left and right, while separatist or nationalist ones are surging, too.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 7 May 2026
Noun
Xi’s outreach to Cheng came along with overt swipes at Taiwan’s current government under President Lai Ching-te, who is shunned by Beijing as a dangerous ‘separatist’ for rejecting China’s claim that Taiwan is its territory.
—Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 10 Apr. 2026
When a coalition of figures assembled at a Georgetown University forum, in February, 2023, the former Crown Prince sat humbly in a row of eight, alongside two actresses, a soccer player, and an Iranian Kurdish separatist.
—Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for separatist
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During the civil war, the Army splintered along sectarian lines, and, for a time, that consensus collapsed.—
Euan Ward,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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Rivalries like the Old Firm are also fueled by sectarian differences that predate the Troubles in Ireland.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 May 2026
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During the Civil War, Southern California had its own pro-Confederacy secessionist militia, the Los Angeles Mounted Rifles.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
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If nothing is done, the secessionists may achieve success simply for lack of opposition.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Given that Pakistan is home to over 20 million Shia Muslims—the second largest cohort in the world after Iran—open warfare with the only nation with more would be schismatic internally.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
9 Apr. 2026
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Such was the case this past weekend, when tens of millions of fans keyed in on the denouement of the college basketball season at the expense of lesser spectacles such as spring football and one notoriously schismatic pro golf startup.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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And when Khomeini broke that promise, my father was one of the first to stand up to him and the extremists who hijacked that revolution.—
Letters to the Editor,
Washington Post,
2 June 2026
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Republicans have sought to cast him as an effete extremist.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
29 May 2026
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“Separatist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separatist. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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