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单词 secession
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Definition of secession in English:

secession

noun sɪˈsɛʃ(ə)nsəˈsɛʃən
mass noun
  • 1The action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.

    the republics want secession from the union
    Example sentencesExamples
    • All opposed secession but in the end backed the Confederacy.
    • Khartoum has argued that the clause paves the way for the south's immediate secession.
    • A first modification allows for unilateral secession of border regions.
    • A few traders advocated secession, but most were unionists.
    • Every Indian leader has feared that if Kashmir breaks away then it could set off other movements for secession from the Indian state.
    • He talks of other theories proposed by historians to explain Southern secession.
    • They are likely to fear that federalism might lead to secession.
    • None of the candidates questioned Georgia's secession from the former Soviet Union.
    • It could also spark further claims for secession from other ethnic groups.
    • Thus some nationalism has involved movements that aim to break up existing states, through secession or fragmentation of various forms.
    • Thus, the actual reason for the South's secession was racism.
    • He rejected the radical branch of the party that advocated secession in defense of states' rights and slavery.
    • In 1861, southern secession freed Republicans from the pressure to compromise to preserve the Union.
    • However, the concern of aboriginal peoples is precipitated by the asserted right of Quebec to unilateral secession.
    • When the Civil War came along, this area of the South opposed secession.
    • Texas secessionists organized lynch mobs across the state to murder anyone who opposed secession.
    • Through a moral equivalent of Civil War, we must prevent this secession from taking place.
    • In addition, perhaps as high as 40 percent of white Southerners had opposed secession.
    • They threatened secession if the colony did not join the Commonwealth.
    • There can be no such thing as a peaceable secession.
    Synonyms
    withdrawal, break, breakaway, separation, severance, schism, apostasy, leaving, quitting, split, splitting, disaffiliation, resignation, pulling out, dropping out, desertion, defection
    1. 1.1historical The withdrawal of eleven southern states from the US Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
    2. 1.2
      variant of Sezession

Derivatives

  • secessional

  • adjective
    • As the historian Bertram Wyatt-Brown has pointed out, slavery provoked the secessional crisis, but ‘southern honor pulled the trigger.’
  • secessionism

  • noun sɪˈsɛʃ(ə)nɪz(ə)msəˈsɛʃəˌnɪzəm
    • A settlement must be based on both the realities secession is ruled out, but secessionism exists.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Nullification, the prelude principle to secessionism, was put forth by Jefferson, the grandfather to neoliberals.
      • The man who swore by the loyalty towards India, preached secessionism in the state.
      • In 1971, Pakistan lost 55 per cent of its population to East Bengali secessionism, which produced the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
      • Such was the experience of a state expedition that traveled to Texas in 1828 amid fears of Anglo secessionism.

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting the withdrawal of plebeians from ancient Rome in order to compel the patricians to redress their grievances): from French sécession or Latin secessio(n-), from secedere 'go apart' (see secede).

 
 

Definition of secession in US English:

secession

nounsəˈseSHənsəˈsɛʃən
  • 1The action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.

    the republics want secession from the union
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In addition, perhaps as high as 40 percent of white Southerners had opposed secession.
    • Through a moral equivalent of Civil War, we must prevent this secession from taking place.
    • He talks of other theories proposed by historians to explain Southern secession.
    • All opposed secession but in the end backed the Confederacy.
    • There can be no such thing as a peaceable secession.
    • Every Indian leader has feared that if Kashmir breaks away then it could set off other movements for secession from the Indian state.
    • They threatened secession if the colony did not join the Commonwealth.
    • However, the concern of aboriginal peoples is precipitated by the asserted right of Quebec to unilateral secession.
    • It could also spark further claims for secession from other ethnic groups.
    • A first modification allows for unilateral secession of border regions.
    • A few traders advocated secession, but most were unionists.
    • Texas secessionists organized lynch mobs across the state to murder anyone who opposed secession.
    • They are likely to fear that federalism might lead to secession.
    • He rejected the radical branch of the party that advocated secession in defense of states' rights and slavery.
    • Khartoum has argued that the clause paves the way for the south's immediate secession.
    • Thus some nationalism has involved movements that aim to break up existing states, through secession or fragmentation of various forms.
    • In 1861, southern secession freed Republicans from the pressure to compromise to preserve the Union.
    • Thus, the actual reason for the South's secession was racism.
    • None of the candidates questioned Georgia's secession from the former Soviet Union.
    • When the Civil War came along, this area of the South opposed secession.
    Synonyms
    withdrawal, break, breakaway, separation, severance, schism, apostasy, leaving, quitting, split, splitting, disaffiliation, resignation, pulling out, dropping out, desertion, defection
    1. 1.1the Secessionhistorical The withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
    2. 1.2the Secession
      variant of Sezession

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting the withdrawal of plebeians from ancient Rome in order to compel the patricians to redress their grievances): from French sécession or Latin secessio(n-), from secedere ‘go apart’ (see secede).

 
 
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