Independentism

Origin

en + -independent + ism

Full definition of independentism

Noun

1. Advocacy of independence (for example of a non-independent state).
• 1967, Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen, The Theology of a South African Messiah, page 146:His emphasis on this aspect, which is a tragic contributory factor to independentism in South Africa, has established a blind spot in his analysis of the causes for the rise of the movement.
• 1987, Alfredo López, Dona Licha's Island: Modern Colonialism in Puerto Rico, page 129:This projection has been the strategic underpinning of independentism since the early 1960s.
• 2014, Jaime Lluch, Visions of Sovereignty, page 58:ERC’s new independentism put an end to its historic indefinition and ambiguity and was consolidated in 1989.

Related terms

• independentist
• independence