Secession
noun
The action of withdrawing formally from a federation or body, especially a political state.
The southern states underwent the process of secession to form a separate entity.
Often appears as...
- secession from the union
- threat of secession
noun
The act of separating from a group or association, especially in a formal way.
The club's members voted in favour of secession from the national association.
Often appears as...
- secession from a group
- secession from an association
noun
The action of forming a new religious body from a former religious group.
The secession of the reform movement led to the creation of a new church.
Often appears as...
- religious secession
- secession of a church
noun
The action of withdrawing formally from a federation or body, especially a political state.
The southern states underwent the process of secession to form a separate entity.
Often appears as...
- secession from the union
- threat of secession
noun
The act of separating from a group or association, especially in a formal way.
The club's members voted in favour of secession from the national association.
Often appears as...
- secession from a group
- secession from an association
noun
The action of forming a new religious body from a former religious group.
The secession of the reform movement led to the creation of a new church.
Often appears as...
- religious secession
- secession of a church
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Political Context
Secession is often linked to serious political disagreements and can lead to conflict.
The secession of the region was met with military resistance.
Pro Tip 2/3Historic Events
Secession is a historic term, frequently tied to major events like the American Civil War.
Secession is what sparked the American Civil War.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
The term often implies a breakdown in relations and is seldom viewed positively.
Governments often see secession as a threat to national unity.
Pro Tip 1/3Political Context
Secession is often linked to serious political disagreements and can lead to conflict.
The secession of the region was met with military resistance.
Pro Tip 2/3Historic Events
Secession is a historic term, frequently tied to major events like the American Civil War.
Secession is what sparked the American Civil War.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
The term often implies a breakdown in relations and is seldom viewed positively.
Governments often see secession as a threat to national unity.
Pro Tip 1/3Political Context
Secession is often linked to serious political disagreements and can lead to conflict.
The secession of the region was met with military resistance.
Pro Tip 2/3Historic Events
Secession is a historic term, frequently tied to major events like the American Civil War.
Secession is what sparked the American Civil War.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
The term often implies a breakdown in relations and is seldom viewed positively.
Governments often see secession as a threat to national unity.
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Anand Giridharadas: A...
mainly because of the people tumbling out of it. And my reporting around the country tells me the problem is grimmer than simple inequality. What I observe is a pair of secessions from the unifying center of American life. An affluent secession of up, up and away, into elite enclaves of the educated and into a global matrix
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Debunking the myth of...
a prominent abolitionist and formerly enslaved person, cautioned, “the spirit of secession is stronger today than ever.” From the words of Confederate leaders, the reason for the war could not have been clearer— it was slavery. So how did this revisionist history come about?
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The Power of Photography...
since the Armistice and the secession of the war there's almost no visual record independent visual record at all of what life is like for ordinary North Koreans
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Anand Giridharadas: A...
mainly because of the people tumbling out of it. And my reporting around the country tells me the problem is grimmer than simple inequality. What I observe is a pair of secessions from the unifying center of American life. An affluent secession of up, up and away, into elite enclaves of the educated and into a global matrix
Video examples
Debunking the myth of...
a prominent abolitionist and formerly enslaved person, cautioned, “the spirit of secession is stronger today than ever.” From the words of Confederate leaders, the reason for the war could not have been clearer— it was slavery. So how did this revisionist history come about?
Video examples
The Power of Photography...
since the Armistice and the secession of the war there's almost no visual record independent visual record at all of what life is like for ordinary North Koreans
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Quote examples
Ambrose Burnside
American Politician
If you persist in your purpose of secession, there will be war - a bloody and cruel war. Not only will the North fight, but she will also triumph. The experiment of secession will fail, and the South, in ruin and desolation, will bitterly repent the day when she attempted to overthrow a wise and beneficent government.
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Killer Mike
American Musician
I have white friends who have the Confederate flag on their license plates, and I have no issue with that if they see that as a matter of heritage. But I do not think it should ever fly over a state, city, county building, or school, for the simple reason that it represents secession from the Union.
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Vitalik Buterin
Russian Businessman
I generally support just about every secession attempt that comes along. If, in the future, there is that kind of a dispute in Ethereum, I'd definitely be quite happy to see Ethereum A go in one direction and Ethereum B go the other.
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Stephen Kinzer
American Author
Many Afghan intellectuals in the United States believe that their country is best kept together. They are encouraged by the fact that no leading tribal or political figure there has called for secession.
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John Sergeant Wise
American Author
In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia.
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Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
What happened in Pakistan was that people were told: You're all Muslim, so now you're a country. As we saw in 1971 with the Bangladesh secession, the answer to that was: 'Oh no, we're not.
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L. Neil Smith
American Writer
What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of independence, no different in principle from what happened in America in the 1770s and 1780s.
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Yemi Osinbajo
Nigerian Politician
The most successful of the nations of the world are those who do not fall into the lure of secession but who, through thick and thin, forge unity in diversity.
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Gail Collins
American Journalist
The idea that 'if you don't like how things are going, you can just leave' is so ingrained in Texas, the secession movement is no surprise.
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Belle Boyd
American Celebrity
The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.
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Ambrose Burnside
American Politician
If you persist in your purpose of secession, there will be war - a bloody and cruel war. Not only will the North fight, but she will also triumph. The experiment of secession will fail, and the South, in ruin and desolation, will bitterly repent the day when she attempted to overthrow a wise and beneficent government.
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Killer Mike
American Musician
I have white friends who have the Confederate flag on their license plates, and I have no issue with that if they see that as a matter of heritage. But I do not think it should ever fly over a state, city, county building, or school, for the simple reason that it represents secession from the Union.
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Vitalik Buterin
Russian Businessman
I generally support just about every secession attempt that comes along. If, in the future, there is that kind of a dispute in Ethereum, I'd definitely be quite happy to see Ethereum A go in one direction and Ethereum B go the other.
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Stephen Kinzer
American Author
Many Afghan intellectuals in the United States believe that their country is best kept together. They are encouraged by the fact that no leading tribal or political figure there has called for secession.
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John Sergeant Wise
American Author
In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia.
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Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
What happened in Pakistan was that people were told: You're all Muslim, so now you're a country. As we saw in 1971 with the Bangladesh secession, the answer to that was: 'Oh no, we're not.
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L. Neil Smith
American Writer
What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of independence, no different in principle from what happened in America in the 1770s and 1780s.
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Yemi Osinbajo
Nigerian Politician
The most successful of the nations of the world are those who do not fall into the lure of secession but who, through thick and thin, forge unity in diversity.
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Gail Collins
American Journalist
The idea that 'if you don't like how things are going, you can just leave' is so ingrained in Texas, the secession movement is no surprise.
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Belle Boyd
American Celebrity
The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.
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