antiseparatist love

Definitions

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  • noun One who opposes separatism.

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ separatist

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Examples

  • In the run-up to the Games, Chinese authorities, looking to head off troubles, say they have stepped up antiseparatist activities.

    Attack in a Chinese Muslim Region 2008

  • Reading today's NY Times, I ran across a sentence in the story "Separatist Revives Movement in Quebec" by Clifford Krauss whose ungrammaticality was even subtler than the one cited in my entry OF OF: "A government audit found that the federal government had furtively passed out tens of millions of dollars to friendly advertising companies involved in antiseparatist publicity efforts deeply offended Quebecers."

    languagehat.com: MORE LAX SYNTAX. 2004

  • He added that the antiseparatist campaign weighed heavy on Uighurs.

    The Guardian World News 2009

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