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separatist

[sep-er-uh-tist, -uh-rey-] / ˈsɛp ər ə tɪst, -əˌreɪ- /


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The country is also mired in multiple security crises -- from jihadists, non-ideological "bandit" gangs, farmers and herders fighting over land, and a simmering separatist conflict.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

But Pakistan's least-developed province grapples with a growing separatist insurgency, which has also targeted mining investments by China.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Satluj is inspired by the life of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, who investigated allegations of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings during Punjab's separatist insurgency - and then he himself disappeared.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Critics, including state officials, have accused her movement of amplifying narratives that benefit separatist groups – allegations she has consistently rejected.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

But like the Southern Baptists and other conservative denominations, the Assemblies gradually dropped their separatist strictures as their membership prospered and spread.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

When a judge dealt another blow to separatists in May, Smith appealed the ruling and called the referendum.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

While she is correct that the separatists who traveled on the Mayflower in 1620 eschewed the pejorative term Puritan, she errantly suggests that they called themselves Pilgrims.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

The nomadic Fulani and Tuareg communities have been particularly targeted, often accused of links to jihadists or separatists.

From Barron's May 19, 2026

Mali's authorities also said they had partnered with the armed forces in neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso to carry out air strikes against the jihadists and separatists.

From BBC May 4, 2026

Their experience in Dunmore’s War led the Shawnees to ally with the British against the separatists in 1777.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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