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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The base was originally named for Lt. Gen. Henry Benning, a Confederate general and Southern secessionist who opposed freeing slaves.
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Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2025
Monuments to old secessionists and segregationists had fallen across the country.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
Separately, secessionist movements in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states might return in earnest while the central government is at war with itself.
—Mai Hassan, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2023
And if a militarized, semiautonomous, U.S.-backed Kurdish region across the border in Syria continues to harbor fighters and fuel secessionist aspirations, the threat of a PKK resurgence would remain.
—Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2025
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Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2025
Monuments to old secessionists and segregationists had fallen across the country.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
Separately, secessionist movements in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states might return in earnest while the central government is at war with itself.
—Mai Hassan, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2023
And if a militarized, semiautonomous, U.S.-backed Kurdish region across the border in Syria continues to harbor fighters and fuel secessionist aspirations, the threat of a PKK resurgence would remain.
—Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Secessionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secessionist. Accessed 21 Apr. 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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