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secessionism

secessionism noun: the doctrine or policy of secession.

Noun

secessionism (usually uncountable, plural secessionisms)

  1. (usually) The doctrine or policy of secession.
    • Their History class made no mention of Biafran secessionism or any other subject related to the lives and times of black people.2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 179

secessionism meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

secessionism in Tamil

பிரிவினைவாதம்

secessionism in Malayalam

വിഘടനവാദം

Forms of secessionism

pluralsecessionisms

Origin of secessionism

From secession + -ism.

Questions about secessionism

What does secessionism mean?
Secessionism means the doctrine or policy of secession.
What is secessionism in Tamil?
Secessionism in Tamil is பிரிவினைவாதம். See Secessionism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is secessionism?
Secessionism is a noun.
What is the plural of secessionism?
The plural of secessionism is secessionisms.

Words near secessionism in the dictionary

  1. secessionalists
  2. secessionary
  3. secessiondom
  4. secessioner
  5. secessioners
  6. secessionism
  7. secessionisms
  8. secessionist
  9. secessionistic
  10. secessionistically
  11. secessionists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: secessionism (page history and authors); secessionism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); secessionism (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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.

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