secessions
Breaking away officially
Secessions are acts of formally withdrawing from a political entity, organization, or alliance.
The word most often appears in historical contexts: The secessions of Southern states led to the Civil War.
A secession movement seeks independence or separation from a larger body.
The plural suggests multiple instances or a series of withdrawals.
Barrier separating spaces
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
- cleavageTendency to split cleanly
fissure · rift · fracture · disunion · polarization · balkanization · splintering · dismemberment
Supreme independent authority
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
statehood · nationhood · liberation · emancipation · decolonization · freedom · republic · confederation
Organized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
revolution · defiance · dissent · resistance · sedition · unrest · subversion · guerrilla
Armed struggle between groups
- hostilitiesActive armed fighting
- strifeAngry, prolonged conflict
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
confrontation · tension · discord · antagonism · turmoil · crisis · standoff · dispute
Thin sharp fragment
- disaffiliateEnd formal membership
- detachTo separate from
- disengageBreak free from attachment
- dissociateSever a mental link
withdraw · exit · uncouple · unyoke · defect · bolt · separatist · walkout
partition
Barrier separating spaces
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
cleavage · fissure · rift · fracture · disunion · polarization · balkanization · splintering · dismemberment · dissolution
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
self-governance · statehood · nationhood · liberation · emancipation · decolonization · freedom · republic · confederation · federalism
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
insurgency · revolution · defiance · dissent · resistance · sedition · unrest · subversion · guerrilla · coup
war
Armed struggle between groups
- hostilitiesActive armed fighting
- strifeAngry, prolonged conflict
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
struggle · confrontation · tension · discord · antagonism · turmoil · crisis · standoff · dispute · showdown
splinter
Thin sharp fragment
- disaffiliateEnd formal membership
- detachTo separate from
- disengageBreak free from attachment
dissociate · withdraw · exit · uncouple · unyoke · defect · bolt · separatist · walkout · pullout
secessionsunions
Combinations or confederations
accessions · unifications · reunifications · mergers · annexations
secessionsconsolidations
Unifications into wholes
unifications · mergers · fusions · amalgamations · integrations
secessionsunity
Wholeness through cohesion
cohesion · solidarity · togetherness · indivisibility · wholeness
- Vienna SecessionAustrian art nouveau splinter group
- secession movementDrive for political withdrawal
- secessionist movementCampaign for political separation