secessionist
noun
se·ces·sion·ist
si-ˈse-sh(ə-)nist 
: one who joins in a secession or maintains that secession is a right
secessionist
adjective
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No Chinese leader will want to suffer the embarrassment of backing down against what the Chinese Communist Party has long framed as a rogue secessionist movement.
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Joel Wuthnow, Foreign Affairs, 12 Sep. 2025
This scuttles a compromise, whereby paintings of Lee in his prewar blue Army uniform could remain while the portrait of Lee the secessionist and enslaver came down.
—Time, 5 Sep. 2025
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In this A24 dystopian thriller, America is mired in a brutal civil war between a dictatorial federal government and secessionist factions.
—James Mercadante, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
One of the American men involved has made a list of Trump supporters in Greenland, with the goal of later recruiting them to establish a secessionist movement on the island, according to the broadcaster.
—Henrik Pettersson, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
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Joel Wuthnow, Foreign Affairs, 12 Sep. 2025
This scuttles a compromise, whereby paintings of Lee in his prewar blue Army uniform could remain while the portrait of Lee the secessionist and enslaver came down.
—Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Watch The Fall Guy on Amazon Prime Video Civil War
In this A24 dystopian thriller, America is mired in a brutal civil war between a dictatorial federal government and secessionist factions.
—James Mercadante, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
One of the American men involved has made a list of Trump supporters in Greenland, with the goal of later recruiting them to establish a secessionist movement on the island, according to the broadcaster.
—Henrik Pettersson, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Secessionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secessionist. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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secessionist
noun
se·ces·sion·ist
-ˈsesh-(ə-)nəst
: one who joins in or supports a secession
secessionist
adjective
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