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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Kanu, 58, has over the past decade led a secessionist movement calling for parts of southeastern Nigeria to form a breakaway Biafra nation.
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Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 21 Nov. 2025
The peace agreed to at Dayton left Bosnia, or Bosnia and Herzegovina as it is known in full, intact as a country but divided into two entities, Republika Srpska – a secessionist entity proclaimed by ethnonationalist Serbs in January 1992 – and the Bosnian Federation.
—Adis Maksić, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
But the Declaration was also a secessionist document, establishing revolution as a right.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
In Civil War’s America, the federal government — led by a third-term president — has become authoritarian, resulting in secessionist movements that have split the country apart.
—Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Nov. 2025
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Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 21 Nov. 2025
The peace agreed to at Dayton left Bosnia, or Bosnia and Herzegovina as it is known in full, intact as a country but divided into two entities, Republika Srpska – a secessionist entity proclaimed by ethnonationalist Serbs in January 1992 – and the Bosnian Federation.
—Adis Maksić, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
But the Declaration was also a secessionist document, establishing revolution as a right.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
In Civil War’s America, the federal government — led by a third-term president — has become authoritarian, resulting in secessionist movements that have split the country apart.
—Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 2 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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