splittism
/ˈsplɪtɪz(ə)m/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Political separatism, specifically the following of independent interests as opposed to central Communist party policy.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "If the situation in which the Democrats find themselves today in respect to numerical strength in the national controls, they will not be immune from the germ of this very spirit of splittism and divisiveness."
- "The Chinese have intensified their ideological quarrel with Khrushchev to the point of an almost irreparable break. They accuse him of the most heinous Communist heresies: "adventurism" (for moving missiles into Cuba), "capitulationism" (for moving them out), "great-power chauvinism" (for interfering in non-Russian parties), "revisionism" (for not wanting nuclear war) and even "splittism.""
- "To China's rulers it is a backward kind of place whose former serfs, ‘liberated’ by the Communist army, have repaid the favour with ingratitude and even outright ‘splittism’."
- "The Habsburg narrative for the Hungarians has always been about their treachery, mendacity, religious splitism and lack of gratitude."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈsplɪtɪz(ə)m/