secessionist
secessionist Lexical Profile
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• noun
A person who advocates or participates in the formal withdrawal of a region, state, or group from a larger political union or organization.
"During the constitutional convention, several outspoken secessionists argued that their province should form an independent republic."
A member of any of several late-19th-century European modernist art movements, such as the Vienna Secession, that broke away from established academic art institutions.
"The museum exhibition featured decorative panels and portraits painted by prominent Viennese secessionists."
• adjective
Relating to, advocating, or characterized by the formal withdrawal of a group or region from a political union or organization.
"The central government entered negotiations to address the grievances of the secessionist movement in the northern province."
• Rhymes for secessionist
Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the mid-19th century in the lead-up to the American Civil War, from 'secession' (derived from Latin 'secessio', meaning a withdrawal or going apart) plus the agentive suffix '-ist'.