Word.ws English Dictionary

Calexit

/ˌkælˈɛɡ.zɪt/

Calexit proper noun: the (possible) act of California's secession from the United States.

Proper noun

Calexit

  1. (US) The (possible) act of California's secession from the United States.
    • That individual appears to be Louis J. Marinelli, the one-time founder of CalExit and the Yes California political action committee who subsequently gave up on his quest and now lives in Arkansas.2022 August 1, Sam Stanton, “Did Russia provide funding and support for booster of California secession movement?”, in The Sacramento Bee, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2025

Origin of Calexit

Blend of California + exit, modelled on earlier Brexit.

Words formed from Calexit

Words that rhyme with Calexit

9 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Calexit

What does Calexit mean?
Calexit means the (possible) act of California's secession from the United States.
What part of speech is Calexit?
Calexit is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Calexit?
Calexit is pronounced /ˌkælˈɛɡ.zɪt/.

Words near Calexit in the dictionary

  1. calesce
  2. calescence
  3. calescent
  4. calexcitin
  5. Calexico
  6. Calexit
  7. Calexiter
  8. Calexiters
  9. Caley
  10. calf
  11. calf bone

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Calexit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Calexit.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/calexit. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.