independentism

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See also: Independentism

English

Etymology

From independent +‎ -ism.

Noun

independentism (uncountable)

  1. Advocacy of independence (for example of a non-independent state).
    • 1967, Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen, The Theology of a South African Messiah, page 146:
      His emphasis on this aspect, which is a tragic contributory factor to independentism in South Africa, has established a blind spot in his analysis of the causes for the rise of the movement.
    • 1987, Alfredo López, Dona Licha's Island: Modern Colonialism in Puerto Rico, page 129:
      This projection has been the strategic underpinning of independentism since the early 1960s.
    • 2014, Jaime Lluch, Visions of Sovereignty, page 58:
      ERC’s new independentism put an end to its historic indefinition and ambiguity and was consolidated in 1989.

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