separatism
IPA: sˈɛpɝʌtɪzʌm
noun
- 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).
- The practice of treating members of different societal groups in a politically, legally, or economically different manner.
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Examples of "separatism" in Sentences
- Arab politics and separatism ==.
- But what about racial separatism.
- It does not always mean separatism.
- Separatism in literature and culture.
- He was committed to black separatism.
- Separatism preserves biological diversity.
- No ethnic separatism and jingoism in Wikipedia
- But definitely into separatism of all varieties.
- It's to legitimize their terrorism and separatism.
- Racialism as pretext for separatism or supremacism.
- The issue of Basque separatism is central to the novel.
- Quebec separatism is an emotional issue, not an intellectual one.
- Basically separatism is an idea that will die with an older generation who continues to support it vehemently.
- Third, separatism is um foundational to fundamentalism, and it requires people who leave to be considered apostate.
- Nationalist-based fascism and separatism is not a Texas or Southern issue, it's the train that the Far Right is now riding in every region of America.
- The most recent polls indicate separatism is supported by only about one third of the population of Quebec, the lowest number in forty years, yet the Bloc got most seats.
- David Cameron, at the Scottish Conservatives Conference warned that the Union had never been in more danger and "the ugly stain of separatism is seeping through the Union flag"; what is the best way we, as UK Unionists, can prevent that stain from spreading?
- Cases where imposition of attempted imposition of monolingualism made no difference or made worse separatist tensions: 19th century Ireland (Irish almost wiped out by enforced English-only in the National Schools: made bugger-all difference to Irish desires for separatism from the UK, Kurds in Turkey, Kosovar Albanians in the 1990s.)
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