separationist

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Noun
  • Since militants linked to al Qaeda and the northern separatist Tuareg rebels launched simultaneous attacks on April 25 — the most audacious in over a decade — Mali has plunged deeper into chaos.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
  • The attacks, which have been claimed by Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), followed last month's heavy assaults on the government by the group and a Tuareg separatist group, the Azawad Liberation Front, or FLA.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • During the Civil War, Southern California had its own pro-Confederacy secessionist militia, the Los Angeles Mounted Rifles.
    Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
  • If nothing is done, the secessionists may achieve success simply for lack of opposition.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There are also alternative – some argue extremist – sites that limit content moderation, including 4chan, BitChute, Gab, GETTR, Parler, Rumble and Truth Social.
    Nathalie Japkowicz, The Conversation, 18 May 2026
  • While those behind the recent maritime raids have yet to be identified, previous ship captures have often involved young Somalis from impoverished communities and armed extremists affiliated with global terror networks.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Schlöndorff sympathized with the anger driving the student movements of the time and pushed back against those condemning the radicals, including German left-wing terrorist group the Red Army Faction, who were using violence to achieve political ends.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
  • To its members, Latin America’s leaders weren’t revolutionary peers but swarthy radicals.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
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“Separationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separationist. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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