separationist

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  1. separatist
  2. secessionist
  3. extremist
  4. radical
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  • Iranian authorities, in turn, view armed Kurdish factions as separatist or terrorist threats, especially groups such as PJAK, which has clashed for years with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps along Iran’s western border.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
  • Christianity, then, is not a separatist, otherworldly faith.
    — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
Definition of separatist
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  • However, various secessionist movements waxed and waned during the period between independence and the Civil War.
    — Scott Spires Britannica Editors June 3, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of secessionist
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  • More than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were systematically ‌massacred in the East African ⁠nation by Hutu extremists over roughly 100 days from April ⁠to July 1994.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 1 July 2026
  • Opportunists like the daycare group, which was selling weapons, and extremists — not the hobbyists.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
Definition of extremist
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  • In the early days of the republic, there were many radicals and reformers who shared my suspicion that patriotism was an evasion, substituting songs and speeches about liberty for the reality.
    — Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 2026
  • American Muslims for Palestine has repeatedly come under fire over leading members’ past ties to foreign terrorists, though the group denies supporting such radicals.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 26 June 2026
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“Separationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separationist. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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