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Definition of Secessionism
1. Noun. A doctrine that maintains the right of secession.
Derivative terms: Secessionist
Definition of Secessionism
1. n. The doctrine or policy of secession; the tenets of secession; the tenets of secessionists.
Definition of Secessionism
1. Noun. The doctrine or policy of secession. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Secessionism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Secessionism
Literary usage of Secessionism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Prisoner of State by Dennis A. Mahony (1863)
"Abolitionism must be put down in the North, before secessionism can be put down «in
the South ; for while the cause of secessionism exists in one section, ..."
2. Progress of Intelligence of Americans: Whether in the Northern, Central Or by Marvin T. Wheat (1865)
"Is it secessionism to hint that our Southern brethren are human beings still ...
Is it secessionism to shrink from taxation, to wish that our Government was ..."
3. The Constitutional and Political History of the United States by Hermann Von Holst, John Joseph Lalor, Paul Shorey, Ira Hutchinson Brainerd (1892)
"Fish, Hamilton, senator, New York, 1851-6. character, election, 4, 13.
on secessionism, 1856, 6, 454. 455. Fisk, James, an outgrowth of Jackson's policy, 2, ..."
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