anti-secession

adjective

an·​ti-se·​ces·​sion ¦an-tī-si-¦se-shən 

¦an-tē-

variants or less commonly antisecession

: 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

anti-secessionist adjective

or less commonly antisecessionist

¦an-tī-si-¦se-shə-nist 

¦an-tē-

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 noun

or less commonly antisecessionist

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

Word History

Etymology

anti- entry 1 + secession

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

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