Dictionary

secessionist en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English secession Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English secessionist From secession + -ist.

Meanings

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 14, Alex Blumberg, “It's Good to Be King”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2005:

Forms

secessionist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English secession Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English secessionist From secession + -ist.

Meanings

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.

Forms

Antonyms

federalist · unionist · centralist

Coordinates

sovereigntist · autonomist · souverainist · devolutionist

Relateds

secede · secession

Synonyms

separatist

Translations (10)

de Sezessionistin (one who supports secession) · da separatist (one who supports secession) · gl secesionista (one who supports secession) · de Sezessionist (one who supports secession) · pt secessionista (one who supports secession) · fr sécessionniste (one who supports secession) · es secesionista (one who supports secession) · ca secessionista (one who supports secession) · it secessionista (one who supports secession) · cmn 分離主義者 /分离主义者 (one who supports secession)