independentist

American  

[in-di-pend-uhnt-ist] / ˌɪn dɪˈpɛnd ənt ɪst /

adjective

1. supporting, advocating, or agitating for the independence of a nation from the power currently governing it.

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noun

plural

independentists

1. a person who supports, advocates, or agitates for the independence of a nation or region from the power currently governing it.

Other Word Forms

• independentism noun

Example Sentences

“I’ve never been interested in independentist or nationalistic positions that say, ‘We want to live in isolation and we want to be separate from the others,’ ” she said.

From The New Yorker

"We are here because we are fed up, fed up of the independentist process and that a minority is leading us towards the brink," Mari Carmen Guerrero, a 33-year-old protester with a Tabarnia flag round her neck, told AFP news agency.

From BBC

“This is not a war” against scientists outside of Catalonia, says physicist Jordi Fraxedas, coordinator of the universities and research sector at the Catalan National Assembly, an independentist organization.

From Science Magazine

Jesus is an independentist Basque, a bit left of centre, living in NW Spain: poor Greeks; we should do everything we can to help them.

From Economist