Standard Lemma guide

Independentism

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

name

Meaning 1

Independency

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • pre-1662, Bishop John Gauden In the Brownist system, each congregation is independent of every other; hence the origin of the terms Congregationalism and Independentism.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Advocacy of independence (for example of a non-independent state).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From independent + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: independentisme — Translations
  • Finnish: itsenäisyysliike — Translations
  • French: indépendantisme — Translations
  • Galician: independentismo — Translations
  • German: Unabhängigkeitsbestrebungen — Translations
  • German: Unabhängigkeitsbewegung — Translations
  • Italian: indipendentismo — Translations
  • Occitan: independentisme — Translations
  • Polish: independentyzm — Translations
  • Portuguese: independentismo — Translations
  • Spanish: independentismo — Translations
  • Swedish: självständighetssträvan — Translations