adj
Meaning 1
Seceding or supporting secession.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
secessionist
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A person who secedes or supports secession from a political union or an alliance or organisation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: separatist
- Gustav Klimt was of the Viennese secessionist school.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: separatist
Antonyms: centralist, unionist, federalist
noun
Meaning 3
an advocate of secessionism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English secession Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō 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.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: secessionista — one who supports secession
- Chinese Mandarin: 分離主義者 /分离主义者 — one who supports secession
- Danish: separatist — one who supports secession
- French: sécessionniste — one who supports secession
- Galician: secesionista — one who supports secession
- German: Sezessionist — one who supports secession
- German: Sezessionistin — one who supports secession
- Italian: secessionista — one who supports secession
- Portuguese: secessionista — one who supports secession
- Spanish: secesionista — one who supports secession