secessionism
Americannoun
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In the meeting with Mr Trudeau, Mr Modi aired concerns about the "continuing anti-India activities of extremist elements in Canada" and said they were promoting secessionism and inciting violence, according to his office.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2023
The law criminalizes secessionism, subversion, terrorism and foreign collusion in the city’s affairs.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2021
It doesn’t help that the world’s multilateral institutions, including the European Union, African Union, and United Nations, generally frown on secessionism.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2018
But this is no way to stem what seems a worldwide outbreak of intellectual and moral secessionism.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 24, 2015
The enemies of the Union started forth on every side—Abolitionism here; secessionism there; acquisition and filibusterism elsewhere.
From Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors by Brownlow, William Gannaway
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