anti-secession

adjective

an·ti-se·ces·sion | \ ¦an-tī-si-¦se-shən ,

¦an-tē- \

variants: or less commonly antisecession

Definition of anti-secession

: opposed to political secession These former Whigs and anti-secession Democrats began to assume power as elections to consider secession were producing huge pro-Union … majorities. —Lawrence M. Denton, William Henry Seward and the Secession Crisis, 2009

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anti-secessionist or less commonly antisecessionist \¦an-tī-si-¦se-shə-nist,

¦an-tē- \ adjective

In any case, the growth of anti-secessionist declarations corresponds with the number of ongoing civil wars in the world. —Ann Hironaka, Neverending Wars, 2005

anti-secessionist or less commonly antisecessionist noun plural anti-secessionists also antisecessionists

The two anti-secessionists … proved so unpopular with the troops that neither of them lasted long. —Bruce S. Allardice, More Generals in Gray, 1995

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