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Catalexit

name
/ˌkæt.əˈlɛɡ.zɪt/

Etymology

Blend of Catalonia + exit, modelled on earlier Brexit, Czexit, etc.

  1. derived from exitus — “departure, going out; way by which one may go out, egress; (figuratively) conclusion, termination; (figuratively) death; income, revenue”
  2. inherited from exit
  3. compounded as catalexit — “Catalonia + exit”

Definitions

  1. The (possible) act of Catalonia gaining independence from Spain (and, as a consequence,…

    The (possible) act of Catalonia gaining independence from Spain (and, as a consequence, leaving the European Union).

    • Spain has been its own worst enemy as the controversy over “Catalexit” intensified.
    • Everybody in Catalonia admits that the possibility of losing the condition of member of the EU would constitute a great problem in the case of Catalexit from Spain.
    • So a Catalexit would mean leaving the EU, just like Scotland would have left the EU if the 2014 referendum had succeeded and independence would have been negotiated and obtained from the UK.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA