| n. | 1. | 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. |
| Noun | 1. | separatist - an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union) Synonyms: separationist |
| Adj. | 1. | separatist - having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction" Synonyms: breakaway, fissiparous |
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