Thesaurus results for SECESSIONIST

secessionist

noun

as in rebel

a person who thinks that a nation, state, etc., should separate from another and become independent A growing group of secessionists are pushing for the independence of the region.

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Recent Examples on the Web The film is set in what appears to be the present, but in this version of the present a combination of strongman tactics and secessionist movements have fractured the United States into multiple armed, politically unspecified factions. —

Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 June 2024 The state moved to change school names memorializing secessionists after Minnesota man George Floyd was filmed being killed by Minneapolis police in 2020, sparking nationwide riots. —

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 10 May 2024 As the film opens, this new secessionist state is descending on Washington, D.C., along with a group of photojournalists, in an effort to oust the authoritarian U.S. president who has turned the United States into a dictatorship. —

Justin Klawans, theweek, 23 Apr. 2024 Once the Civil War broke out in April 1861, secessionists converged on the city. —

Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for secessionist

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