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Independentism

name

Etymology

From independent + -ism.

  1. derived from indépendant
  2. suffixed as independentism — “independent + ism”

Definitions

  1. Independency

    • pre-1662, Bishop John Gauden In the Brownist system, each congregation is independent of every other; hence the origin of the terms Congregationalism and Independentism.

  2. Advocacy of independence (for example of a non-independent state).

    • 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.
    • This projection has been the strategic underpinning of independentism since the early 1960s.
    • ERC’s new independentism put an end to its historic indefinition and ambiguity and was consolidated in 1989.

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