secessionist

English

Etymology

From secession +‎ -ist.

Noun

secessionist (plural secessionists)

  1. A person who secedes or supports secession from a political union or an alliance or organisation.
    Antonyms: centralist, unionist, federalist
    Coordinate terms: devolutionist, autonomist, sovereigntist, souverainist
    Near-synonym: separatist
    Gustav Klimt was of the Viennese secessionist school.

Usage notes

  • A common usage is for supporters of the Confederacy during the United States Civil War.

Translations

Adjective

secessionist (comparative more secessionist, superlative most secessionist)

  1. Seceding or supporting secession.
    • 2000 March, Alex Blumberg, “It's Good to Be King”, in WIRED‎[1], archived from the original on 24 March 2005:
      The principality of Freedonia (www.freedonia.org), an earnest collective of secessionist superlibertarians based in Boston, falls into the first category.

Usage notes

  • As well as being applied to people and movements, 'secessionist' is commonly used to describe opinions or beliefs and the form of their expression in books, articles, or speeches.
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