different between territory vs separatist

English

Etymology

Latin territorium from terra (“the earth”) and -torium (“place of occurrence”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t????t??i/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t???t(?)?i/

Noun

territory (countable and uncountable, plural territories)

1. A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
2. (Canada) One of three of Canada's federated entities, located in the country's Arctic, with fewer powers than a province and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
3. (Australia) One of three of Australia's federated entities, located in the country's north and southeast, with fewer powers than a state and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory.
4. A geographic area under control of a single governing entity such as state or municipality; an area whose borders are determined by the scope of political power rather than solely by natural features such as rivers and ridges.
5. (ecology) An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.
6. (sports and games) The part of the playing field or board over which a player or team has control.
7. A geographic area that a person or organization is responsible for in the course of work.
8. A location or logical space which someone owns or controls.
9. A market segment or scope of professional practice over which an organization or type of practitioner has exclusive rights.
10. An area of subject matter, knowledge, or experience.
    • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift

      The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.

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English

Etymology

From separate +? -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?p???t?st/
• Hyphenation: sep?a?ra?tist

Noun

separatist (plural separatists)

1. Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatics.
2. A person who advocates or seeks the splitting of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.

   On rare occasions French-Canadian separatists have resorted to violence.

Translations

Adjective

separatist (not comparable)

1. Advocating ecclesiastical separation.
2. Advocating or seeking the separation of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.

   He is a Scottish nationalist and has a large collection of separatist literature.

Translations

Related terms

• separatism

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

separatist m (definite singular separatisten, indefinite plural separatister, definite plural separatistene)

1. a separatist

Related terms

• separatisme
• separatistisk

References

• “separatist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?para?tist/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

separatist m (definite singular separatisten, indefinite plural separatistar, definite plural separatistane)

1. separatist (person who supports partition of their country)

   Separatistane møtte opp mannsterke i gatene.

   The separatists turned up in large numbers in the streets.

Related terms

• separatisme
• separatistisk

References

• “separatist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French séparatiste.

Adjective

separatist m or n (feminine singular separatist?, masculine plural separati?ti, feminine and neuter plural separatiste)

1. separatist

Declension