separatist

Example Sentences

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As placed here, the work says that the Studio Museum, while proudly a black institution, is hardly a separatist one.

From The Wall Street Journal

Also in Mali, some nationalist sections of political and military opinion were frustrated with the functioning of a 2015 peace agreement with former Tuareg separatists in the far north, overseen by UN troops.

From BBC

At the same time it has turned its back on former colonial power France, which it accused of supporting separatist groups.

From Barron's

Tensions escalated throughout the 1990s and 2000s as Uyghur allegations of marginalisation by Han Chinese spurred separatist sentiments and deadly attacks, which intensified Beijing's crackdown.

From BBC

Polls vary, but one conducted this summer by the Montreal-based firm Crop offers optimism for the separatist movement, with 56 percent of people aged 18–34 saying they backed independence for Quebec.

From Barron's