independentism en · NOUN
Etymology
From independent + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Advocacy of independence (for example of a non-independent state).
His emphasis on this aspect, which is a tragic contributory factor to independentism in South Africa, has established a blind spot in his analysis of the causes for the rise of the movement.
1967, Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen, The Theology of a South African Messiah, page 146:This projection has been the strategic underpinning of independentism since the early 1960s.
1987, Alfredo López, Dona Licha's Island: Modern Colonialism in Puerto Rico, page 129:ERC’s new independentism put an end to its historic indefinition and ambiguity and was consolidated in 1989.
2014, Jaime Lluch, Visions of Sovereignty, page 58:
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Translations (12)
pl independentyzm (Translations) · fi itsenäisyysliike (Translations) · gl independentismo (Translations) · it indipendentismo (Translations) · ca independentisme (Translations) · sv självständighetssträvan (Translations) · pt independentismo (Translations) · de Unabhängigkeitsbestrebungen (Translations) · de Unabhängigkeitsbewegung (Translations) · oc independentisme (Translations) · es independentismo (Translations) · fr indépendantisme (Translations)