separatism

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sep=a=ra=tism

CIDE DICTIONARY

separatism, n. [CF. F. séparatisme.].

 The character or act of a separatist; disposition to withdraw from a church; the practice of so withdrawing.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

separatism

abstraction, alienation, apartheid, detachment, disarticulation, disassociation, disconnectedness, disconnection, discontinuity, disengagement, disjointing, disjunction, dislocation, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, incoherence, isolation, luxation, parting, partition, removal, segmentation, separateness, separation, subdivision, subtraction, withdrawal, zoning