separatist

Other forms of separatist

plural

separatists·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about separatist

What does separatist mean?

separatist means "an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in separatist?

separatist has 4 syllables: sep-a-ra-tist. The stress falls on "sep". In IPA it is /ˈsɛpɚətɪst/.

What is another word for separatist?

Close synonyms include separationist, breakaway, fissiparous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is separatist a common word?

separatist is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.