: a belief in, movement for, or state of separation (such as schism, secession, or segregation)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebChina has consistently rejected allegations of genocide and other abuses, saying it’s fighting separatism and religious extremism.Bloomberg.com, 15 Aug. 2022 Prosecutors in the national security case say the defendants, jailed without bail for a year, wrote the books to incite separatism and hatred toward mainland China, according to the South China Morning Post. Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2022 In a time of separatism and xenophobia, what higher purpose could there be than cultural connection? Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 17 June 2022 In recent years, the company has expanded its hate speech policy to include calls for white separatism or the promotion of white nationalism. Naomi Nix, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2022 Mirziyoyev himself has criticised local MPs for not telling him about public opposition to it -- may have been a bid to pre-empt any upsurge in separatism against the background of the war in Ukraine. Reuters, CNN, 4 July 2022 He was formally arrested in 2014 and sentenced to life in prison for separatism later that year. Jewher Ilham For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 18 Apr. 2022 His first political passion was for Sardinian separatism, but like many provincials—then and now—Gramsci’s intellectual passions were first fired by liberal humanists. Thomas Meaney, The New Republic, 30 Mar. 2022 The group’s compound lay not far from Ruby Ridge, and Mr. Weaver and his family often socialized with its members and shared at least some of their beliefs, white separatism and anti-government conspiracy theories among them.New York Times, 13 May 2022 See More