Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

splittist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: split-tist
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Favoring a split or separation from the Party or the nation.

Derogatory

noun

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"The Politburo had already met on 1 April to agree that the Nanking incident had been splittist and supportive of Teng Hsiao-p'ing."
"Our Party and the Government of the Republic have till now done all they can to check and frustrate the colonial enslavement policy of US imperialism towards Korea and the nation-splitting manoeuvres of the domestic and foreign splittists and achieve the independent, peaceful reunification of the country."
""Trouble. I'll tell you frankly, little Han, we have a lot of splittists here. You know what I mean by a splittist?" ¶ "Of course. People who want to split the Motherland.""

Etymology

From split + -ist, as a translation of the Chinese terms 分裂 (fēnliè) and 分裂主義分子／分裂主义分子.

Origin

Source language: Chinese

Word Breakdown

Root: -
Suffix: split

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

splittists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

splittism

Synonyms

sectarian separatist

Questions

What does splittist mean?: Favoring a split or separation from the Party or the nation.
Where does splittist come from?: It is traced to Chinese.

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