separatist
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Separatist \Sep`a*ra*tist\, n. [Cf. F. s['e]paratiste.]
One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who
withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder
from an established church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a
schismatic; a sectary.
[1913 Webster]
Heavy fines on divines who should preach in any meeting
of separatist . --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "separatist":
abjuratory, apostate, backslider, bolter, breakaway,
collaborationist, collaborator, convert, defector, demurrer,
deserter, dissenter, dissentient, dissident, fifth columnist,
misbeliever, mugwump, mugwumpian, mugwumpish, nonconformist,
objector, opinionist, opposition voice, proselyte, protestant,
protester, quisling, recidivist, recreant, recusant, renegade,
renegado, renegate, renunciative, renunciatory, repudiative,
repudiatory, reversionist, revocatory, runagate, schismatic,
seceder, secessionist, sectarian, sectary, strikebreaker,
tergiversant, tergiversator, traitor, turnabout, turncoat,
turntail
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