(n.) The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal.
(n.) The withdrawal of a State from the national Union.
Example Sentences:
(1) Barra has long been considered an ‘off world’ for Rio’s emerging upper-middle classes, and there was even a secession attempt in the 1980s,” says Gaffney.
(2) Bangladesh is the original "basket case", a term coined by Henry Kissinger , the US secretary of state, to describe the country immediately after its violent secession from Pakistan in 1971 .
(3) But constitutions are texts that exist to serve a particular moment in history and certain circumstances.” Romeva then hinted that even if the Spanish courts ruled against independence, it would not prevent the push for secession.
(4) Breakaway MNLF guerrillas led by its commander Nur Misuari have issued new secession threats from their remaining strongholds such as southern Jolo island, a few hours by boat from Zamboanga city.
(5) The competition between the two men sharpened after the referendum of 2011 that led to South Sudan’s secession from Sudan.
(6) But the lure of secession, of exit strategies from the euro or even the EU, remains strong for a reason.
(7) What makes a secessionist claim successful in the eyes of the international community – indeed, in the eyes of the people fighting for secession – is the existence of a historical grievance over territory.
(8) Spain's prime minister and the secession-minded leader of Catalonia have begun talks amid a bitter dispute over the wealthy north-eastern region's plans for a referendum on independence in November.
(9) As this week's protests and moves towards Catalan secession have shown, Spain's social and political fabric cannot cope with much more pain.
(10) Scotland factor: if Cameron again came just short after a yes vote, the secession of Scottish MPs in (probably) 2016 could well lend him a majority by changing the Commons arithmetic in his favour, although whether he could survive until the election in these circumstances is a moot point.
(11) Senior officers had told him that they were seeking a "final solution", determined "to cleanse east Pakistan once and for all of the threat of secession, even if it means killing 2 million people and ruling the province as a colony for 30 years."
(12) We have Silicon Valley-types having the smug gall to call for a secession of California after Trump’s win, despite tech companies, by their sheer inactivity, contributing to his win.
(13) With the secession of South Sudan in 2011 , the government lost most of its oil fields and its biggest source of government revenue and foreign exchange.
(14) Apart from the political parties, there are the tribes, the southern movement (which has been demanding secession) and the Houthis in the north who have their own grievances.
(15) But if it can – and that's a big if – the risk of secession will be worth taking.
(16) Above all else, the Brexit vote has furnished the Scottish nationalists with the ideal grounds for a further push for secession.
(17) Weir Group has become the latest pillar of the Scottish business establishment to raise concerns over the independence debate after backing SSE's warning that talk of secession is creating uncertainty for companies.
(18) On 1 January 1993, the people of what became the Czech Republic were divorced from their brethren in Slovakia (to Havel's real distress, though there was nothing more he could have done to stop the secession).
(19) Tribal conflict has worsened the situation, killing more than 1,600 people in Jonglei since South Sudan's secession.
(20) Quebec has held two referendums on secession, the second of which, in 1995, was voted down by a margin of less than 1%.
Secessionist
Definition:
(n.) One who upholds secession.
(n.) One who holds to the belief that a State has the right to separate from the Union at its will.
Example Sentences:
(1) Potentially the most destabilising regional development is the secessionist movement in neighbouring northern Mali, driven by battle-hardened, largely secular Tuareg forces who fought for Libya's late dictator Muammar Gaddafi, as well as Islamist fighters.
(2) I imagine that many, or most, in both categories would vote in favour of Britain staying in Europe, and the Euro-secessionists are obviously worried that we might swing the outcome.
(3) Ruwa is the leader of the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC), a secessionist group outlawed by the Kenyan government in 2010 but unbanned by the courts in July.
(4) That is why every successful secessionist movement has founded its claim on legal entitlement to the territory that they seek to “liberate”.
(5) The emergency meeting of EU foreign ministers was convened in Brussels to respond to the upsurge in violence in eastern Ukraine, notably last week’s shelling of the town of Mariupol by pro-Russian secessionists which left 30 civilians dead and 100 wounded.
(6) Last week, the rebels announced that they had taken over and dissolved parliament, plunging the country deeper into turmoil and threatening to turn the crisis into a full-blown sectarian conflict, pitting the Iran-backed Houthi Shia against Sunni tribesmen and secessionists in the south.
(7) Given the complexity of Yemeni society, talks will need to take in the concerns of many of the others involved: notably players such as southern secessionists and tribal leaders, but also representatives of women’s groups and other civil society activists.
(8) What makes a secessionist claim successful in the eyes of the international community – indeed, in the eyes of the people fighting for secession – is the existence of a historical grievance over territory.
(9) The rise of Milosevic alarmed the non-Serb republics and reinforced secessionist movements, particularly in Slovenia and Croatia.
(10) His surprise decision brings an end to more than three months of deadlock between Mas’ “Together for Yes” secessionist alliance and the more radical, far-left separatist CUP party that together hold a majority in the Catalan parliament.
(11) The Northern League started as a secessionist party that argued for a separation of rich northern Italy from the poor south, but Salvini has – with mixed success – changed the party’s focus.
(12) He pointed in particular to the south-east, where Igbo secessionist groups are demanding the restoration of the ill-fated republic of Biafra.
(13) But across Europe we are now seeing the rise of both anti-establishment, anti-immigrant parties of the right and secessionist movements, such as the one in Scotland.
(14) Alarm about terrorism, secessionist movements, tribal warfare and economic collapse has seen the Saudis intervene increasingly in Yemen's multiple crises.
(15) Armed secessionist groups operate in several parts of the country.
(16) The leftwing and secessionist CUP (Popular Unity Candidacy) had come under intense pressure to back Mas, who over the past three years has emerged as the key figure in the independence movement.
(17) The deal means that Catalonia is likely to accelerate its secessionist challenge in the ongoing game of chicken with the central government,” he said.
(18) The question many are asking is whether Mas is a closet secessionist who has finally come out or just an old-fashioned opportunist surfing the nationalist tide that has risen out of the economic crisis.
(19) Though there are no convictions, and the Pujols claim it is all a fabrication staged by Madrid, among the feisty masses of Catalonia it has pushed more secessionists towards the ERC.
(20) The Northern League chose what president Giorgio Napolitanio, called a "very delicate and crucial" moment to announce it was re-opening its ostensibly secessionist Parliament of Padania.