separationist
[ sep-uh-rey-shuh-nist ]
noun, adjective
Origin of separationist
1First recorded in 1880–85; separation + -ist
Words Nearby separationist
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How to use separationist in a sentence
Living in the centre of separationist discontent with the Macdonalds, I knew it was not true.
Romance | Joseph Conrad and F.M. HuefferMrs. Mac, good separationist though she was, as became the wife of her husband, had the word "home" forever on her lips.
Romance | Joseph Conrad and F.M. HuefferAnd as you are a separationist, small blame to you, and I am an Irishman, we shan't cry our eyes out over it.
Romance | Joseph Conrad and F.M. HuefferIt had a glamour for him which, he supposed, a separationist (as I had the reputation of being) could not fail to see.
Romance | Joseph Conrad and F.M. HuefferAnd he reflected that Decoud's separationist plan had not gone to the bottom with the lost silver.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard | Joseph Conrad
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