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Vinony

separatism

noun

  1. advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English separate Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English separatism From separate + -ism.

  1. A theory or doctrine which supports a state of separation between organizations, institutions, or other societal groups (e.g. between church and state) or between different political jurisdictions (e.g. a country and its former colony).

    “She wrote an essay expounding the tenets of Scottish separatism.”

  2. The practice of treating members of different societal groups in a politically, legally, or economically different manner.

    “Apartheid was a government-enforced form of separatism in which people received unequal social benefits based on race.”