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secessionist /sɪˈsɛʃənɪst /nounA person who favours formal withdrawal from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state: an ardent secessionist...- To a certain extent, the position of Virginia secessionists was hardly new.
- A deserter claimed he was the victim of "Norwegian secessionists."
- I have been following keenly the developments in the treason trial of the secessionists.
adjectiveFavouring formal withdrawal from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state: the leader of a secessionist movement...- They were abducted by the secessionist guerrilla group they went to interview.
- The ruling party called the secessionist resolution a "retrograde step" and vowed to quash it when it is debated at the federal level.
- It's certainly a big step forward, particularly as another secessionist group reached a political settlement with the government in 1996.
Rhymes expressionist, impressionist, progressionist |