partitionistadj.n.
/pɑːˈtɪʃn̩ɪst/, /pəˈtɪʃn̩ɪst/, U.S. /pɑrˈtɪʃ(ə)nəst/ A. adj.
Of, relating to, or advocating the partition of a country.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > disunionism > adherent of
separationist1831
disunionist1832
separatist1871
partitionist1889
1889 Times 16 Feb. 5/4 The partitionist orators who challenge Mr. Balfour to compel priestly offenders in Ireland to wear prison clothes.
1919 P. S. O'Hegarty Ulster 1 In North Down the Independent vote was counted as Partitionist.
1988 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 4: Middle East, Afr. & Latin Amer. (B.B.C.) (Nexis) 19 Nov. ME/0313/A/1 Qassan and those who followed him who have determinedly rejected the partitionist Resolution No 181.
2001 Daily Tel. 6 Mar. 31/1 Entry into a partitionist assembly entailed a massive compromise of traditional republican ideology.
B. n.
A person who advocates or supports the partition of a country.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > principles or policies > adherents or supporters of
unionist1799
West Briton1805
repealer1829
nationalist1849
Home Ruler1867
loyalist1885
Little Irelander1900
devolutionist1905
N1906
partitionist1921
1921 Spectator 4 June 713/2 Partition has come to be reckoned the unforgivable sin by the Sinn Feiners. The worst thing a man can be called is a partitionist.
1977 Economist 5 Feb. 59/3 President Makarios..tried, and failed, to impose a partition plan in 1964. Mr Clifford too is suspected of being a partitionist.
2002 Montreal Gaz. (Nexis) 24 Oct. a27 The party fielded a hodgepodge of candidates ranging from partitionists to card-carrying separatists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1889