English
independentist
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɪndəˈpɛndəntɪst/
Noun

independentist (plural independentists)

  1. One who favours independence (of a non-independent state).
    • 1980, Migration Today, volumes 8–9, :
      The independentists denounced dependency as colonial lackeyism
    • 2004, Marek Jan Chodakiewicz, Between Nazis and Soviets: Occupation Politics in Poland, 1939-1947, page 182 ↗:
      Between 1939 and 1947 the independentists concerned themselves primarily with the welfare of the Polish majority.
    • 2014, Jaime Lluch, Visions of Sovereignty, page 106 ↗:
      Most were inclined to identify strongly with Québec, but they were less monolithic than the independentists in their self-identification, given that some were willing to express a dual identity.
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