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secessionist

secessionist noun: a person who secedes or supports secession from a political union or an alliance or organisation.

Noun

secessionist (plural secessionists)

  1. A person who secedes or supports secession from a political union or an alliance or organisation.
    • Near-synonym: separatist
    • Gustav Klimt was of the Viennese secessionist school.
    Synonyms:
    separatist

Adjective

secessionist (comparative more secessionist, superlative most secessionist)

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

Synonyms of secessionist

Antonyms

Forms of secessionist

Noun
pluralsecessionists
Adjective
comparativemore secessionist
superlativemost secessionist

Plural of secessionist: secessionists

Origin of secessionist

From secession + -ist.

Questions about secessionist

What does secessionist mean?
Secessionist means a person who secedes or supports secession from a political union or an alliance or organisation.
What part of speech is secessionist?
Secessionist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of secessionist?
The plural of secessionist is secessionists.

Words near secessionist in the dictionary

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

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