independentism

C2+ Topic:Places & Geography

US /ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəntɪzəm/ UK /ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəntɪzəm/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
advocacy of political independence for a region or group

The election was dominated by a rising tide of independentism.

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Synonyms

1 noun · advocacy of political... separatismsecessionismnationalismautonomism

Opposites

unionism federalism

Word family

Derived forms independentist

Related forms independent independence independency

Etymology

From independent + -ism; independent from in- ('not') + dependent, from Latin dependere ('to hang from'), from de- ('down') + pendere ('to hang').

dependere Latin pendere Latin *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European

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# independentism

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəntɪzəm/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəntɪzəm/

## Meanings
1. advocacy of political independence for a region or group

## Examples
- The election was dominated by a rising tide of independentism.

## Synonyms
- separatism
- secessionism
- nationalism
- autonomism

## Antonyms
- unionism
- federalism

## Derived Forms
- independentist

## Related Forms
- independent
- independence
- independency

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dependere
- Root: pendere
- Root: *(s)pend-

## Etymology
From independent + -ism; independent from in- ('not') + dependent, from Latin dependere ('to hang from'), from de- ('down') + pendere ('to hang').

## AI Etymology
independentism comes from independent + -ism; independent from in- ('not') + dependent, from Latin dependere ('to hang from'), from de- ('down') + pendere ('to hang'). Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the noun sense is "advocacy of political independence for a region or group", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as independent, independence, and independency, and in derivatives such as independentist. Its semantic neighborhood includes separatism, secessionism, nationalism, and autonomism, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin dependere, Latin pendere, and Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-.

## Topics
- Places & Geography
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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