English

Noun

independentist ‎(plural independentists)

1. One who favours independence (of a non-independent state).
   • 1980, Migration Today, volumes 8–9, :

     The independentists denounced dependency as colonial lackeyism

   • 2004, Marek Jan Chodakiewicz, Between Nazis and Soviets: Occupation Politics in Poland, 1939-1947, page 182:

     Between 1939 and 1947 the independentists concerned themselves primarily with the welfare of the Polish majority.

   • 2013, Various, The Routledge Handbook of European Criminology, page 486:

     Although a classification of terrorism activities can vary, the most active terrorist groups in those years can be divided into extremist and separatist / independentist movements.

   • 2014, Jaime Lluch, Visions of Sovereignty, page 106:

     Most were inclined to identify strongly with Québec, but they were less monolithic than the independentists in their self-identification, given that some were willing to express a dual identity.

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