separatist
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A meetinghouse stood at the center of every village created by the Shakers, the separatist and celibate Christian religious sect founded in the 18th century that was devoted to communal living and simple, functional design.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Tehran has also historically been wary of separatist sentiment among the around 10 million ethnic Azeris living in Iran.
From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026
To do so, he’ll have to iron out disagreements over Canada’s Sikh population, which India accuses of stoking separatist sentiment on its soil.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
The 90-year-old has lived in exile from his Tibetan homeland since 1959 and is condemned as a rebel and separatist by Beijing.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
The separatist governments of the New York and Pennsylvania colonies offered rangers for the project.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Vocabulary lists containing separatist
Canada - Introductory
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Canada - Middle School and High School
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Vocabulary from texts about the 1963 March on Washington
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