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secessionist

[si-sesh-uh-nist] / sɪˈsɛʃ ə nɪst /
NOUN
insurrectionary
Synonyms
WEAK
agitator anarchist antagonist apostate demagogue deserter disectarian dissenter experientialist experimenter frondeur guerrilla heretic iconoclast independent individualist innovator insurgent insurrectionist malcontent mutineer nihilist nonconformist opponent overthrower recreant renegade resistance revolter revolutionary revolutionist rioter schismatic seditionist separatist subverter traitor turncoat
NOUN
insurrectionist
Synonyms
STRONG
agitator anarchist antagonist apostate demagogue deserter dissenter experimenter guerrilla heretic iconoclast independent individualist innovator insurgent malcontent mutineer nihilist nonconformist opponent recreant renegade resistance revolutionary revolutionist rioter separatist subverter traitor turncoat
WEAK
disectarian experientialist frondeur insurrectionary overthrower revolter schismatic seditionist
Antonyms
STRONG
adherent ally loyalist
NOUN
radical
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agitator anarchist extremist fanatic firebrand insurgent leftist militant progressive rebel reformer renegade revolutionary rioter subversive
STRONG
avant-garde freethinker iconoclast insurrectionist left-winger mutineer nihilist nonconformist objector pacifist
WEAK
revolter ultraist
Antonyms
WEAK
conservative moderate
NOUN
rebel
Synonyms
STRONGEST
guerrilla insurgent opponent rioter separatist
STRONG
agitator anarchist antagonist apostate demagogue deserter dissenter experimenter heretic iconoclast independent individualist innovator malcontent mutineer nihilist nonconformist recreant renegade resistance revolutionary revolutionist subverter traitor turncoat
WEAK
disectarian experientialist frondeur insurrectionary overthrower revolter schismatic seditionist
Antonyms
STRONG
adherent loyalist
NOUN
revolutionist
Synonyms
STRONG
agitator anarchist antagonist apostate demagogue deserter dissenter experimenter guerrilla heretic iconoclast independent individualist innovator insurgent insurrectionist malcontent mutineer nihilist nonconformist opponent recreant renegade resistance revolutionary rioter separatist subverter traitor turncoat
WEAK
disectarian experientialist frondeur insurrectionary overthrower revolter schismatic seditionist
Antonyms
STRONG
adherent ally loyalist

Example Sentences

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The restaurant takes its name from Koloman Moser, a Secessionist artist.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2022

Secessionist parties won a regional election in December, but they have failed to agree on how the region should be ruled.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2018

Secessionist rhetoric revealed a variety of motives and ambitions.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Here in Vegas, a city he bizarrely considers to be like Vienna during the Secessionist period, he’s in his element being out of this element.

From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2016

I was never a Secessionist, for I quietly adopted father's views on political subjects without meddling with them.

From A Confederate Girl's Diary by Dawson, Sarah Morgan

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