Remainer

Anti-Brexit UK voter

A Remainer is someone who supported Britain remaining in the European Union during and after the 2016 Brexit referendum.

The term emerged alongside its counterpart Leaver during that campaign and persists in British political discourse: Remainers argue the economic damage was predictable.

Sometimes used dismissively by Brexit supporters.

Brexit

pro-EU

Favoring European Union membership

freedom of movement · single market · customs union · expats · pro-European

EU-values

integration

Combining into a whole

multilateralism · federalism · supranational · transnational · harmonization · Erasmus · Eurozone · acquis communautaire · Schengen · free movement

identity

pro-European

Favoring continental political union

metropolitan · elite · gradualist · moderate · pragmatist · centrist · urban · educated · professional · multicultural

referendum

vote

Formal choice expression

result · mandate · majority · minority · polling · campaign · democracy · choice · decision · disenfranchised

Opposites
Brexit stance

RemainerLeaver

Brexit advocate

Brexiteer · Brexiter · nationalist · Boris Johnson

attitude toward change/status quo

Remainerrevolutionary

Seeking fundamental systemic change

disruptor · radical · insurgent

attitude toward political unions/integration

Remainerseparatist

Advocate for breaking away

secessionist · nationalist · isolationist · anti-federalist

Phrases
Family

remain, remains, remained, remaining, remainder, remainders

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