   separatism is the advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group. while it often refers to full political secession,free dictionary; merriam webster dictionary; the oxford pocket dictionary of current= english 2008. separatist groups may seek nothing more than greater autonomy. some groups refer to their organizing as independence, self-determination, partition or decolonization movements instead of, or in addition to, autonomist, separatist or secession movements. while some critics may equate separatism and religious segregation, racist segregation, or sexist segregation, some separatists argue that separation by choice is not the same as government-enforced segregation and may serve useful purposes. ==motivations==  groups may have one or more motivations for separation, including:{
Independence_movements Political_theories Politics_and_race Religion_and_politics Secession Segregation Separatism