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SEPARATISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Advocacy of a policy of strict separation of church and state
Synonyms:
separationism; separatism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("separatism" is a kind of...):
separation (the social act of separating or parting company)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A disposition toward schism and secession from a larger group; the principles and practices of separatists
Example:
demands for some form of separatism on grounds of religion have been perceived as a threat to mainstream education
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("separatism" is a kind of...):
disposition (a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing)
Derivation:
separatist (an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union))
Sense 3
Meaning:
A social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
Synonyms:
segregation; separatism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("separatism" is a kind of...):
social organisation; social organization; social structure; social system; structure (the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "separatism"):
racial segregation (segregation by race)
de facto segregation (segregation (especially in schools) that happens in fact although not required by law)
de jure segregation (segregation that is imposed by law)
purdah; sex segregation (the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded)
white separatism (a social system in which white people live separately from members of other races)
