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Separatism
advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In a society, certain people may have ideas that are noticeably different from those of the majority. These people are called separatists (for example, the state or a religious group) recognises that their ideas are different. Very often, they also want autonomy, self-determination, and perhaps secession and independence from the main group.[1] People may support separatism because they are of a different culture, ethnicity, religion, race or gender than the majority. It may also be because they have different ideas about governing, laws or religion.
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