splittist adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •(disapproving) Favoring a split or separation from the Party or the nation.The Politburo had already met on 1 April to agree that the Nanking incident had been splittist and supportive of Teng Hsiao-p'ing. — 1978 noun1 •(disapproving) A separatist."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." — 2001 formssplittists