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Secessionism

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Noun

1. secessionism

a doctrine that maintains the right of secession

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Secessionism

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noun
1. 
the act of seceding
2. (often capital) mainly US
the withdrawal in 1860–61 of 11 Southern states from the Union to form the Confederacy, precipitating the American Civil War

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Secessionism

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noun
1.  US
an act of seceding; formal withdrawal or separation
2.  [often S-]
the withdrawal of the Southern states from the federal Union at the start of the Civil War

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Secessionism

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n.
The policy of those advocating secession or supporting the right of secession.

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