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
Elsewhere in Europe, there’s little appetite for full-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
It was not a matter of surprise, therefore that secessionism should be rampant in the east, and that a Union sentiment should almost universally prevail in the west.
From The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, by Pinkerton, Allan
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