FISSIPAROUS

breakaway, fissiparous, separatist

(adjective) having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; “a breakaway faction”

fissiparous

(adjective) reproducing by fission

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

fissiparous (comparative more fissiparous, superlative most fissiparous)

Factious, tending to break into pieces

Causing division or fragmenting something (often appearing in the collocation "fissiparous tendencies").

(biology) Of cells that reproduce through fission, splitting into two.

Synonyms

• (factious): factious, unstable

• (causing fragmentation): divisive, fragmenting

Source: Wiktionary

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Fis*sip"a*rous, a. Etym: [L. fissus (p.p. of findere to split) + parere to bring forth: cf. F. fissipare.] (Biol.)

Definition: Reproducing by spontaneous fission. See Fission.

– Fis*sip"a*rous*ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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