separationist

sep·a·ra·tion·ist

 (sĕp′ə-rā′shə-nĭst)

n.

A separatist.

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sep•a•ra•tist

(ˈsɛp ər ə tɪst, -əˌreɪ-)

n.

1. a person who separates, as from a church.

2. an advocate of ecclesiastical or political separation.

adj.

3. of or pertaining to separatists.

[1600–10]

sep′a•ra•tism, n.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

separationist - an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union) separatist church service, church - a service conducted in a house of worship; "don't be late for church" advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea white separatist - someone who advocates a society in which white people live separately from members of other races

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separationist

noun

A person who dissents from the doctrine of an established church:

dissenter, dissident, heretic, nonconformist, schismatic, sectarian, sectary, separatist.

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