independentism

independent +‎ -ism

independentism (uncountable)

1. Advocacy of independence (for example of a non-independent state).
   • 1967, Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen, The Theology of a South African Messiah, page 146:

     His emphasis on this aspect, which is a tragic contributory factor to independentism in South Africa, has established a blind spot in his analysis of the causes for the rise of the movement.

   • 1987, Alfredo López, Dona Licha's Island: Modern Colonialism in Puerto Rico, page 129:

     This projection has been the strategic underpinning of independentism since the early 1960s.

   • 2014, Jaime Lluch, Visions of Sovereignty, page 58:

     ERC’s new independentism put an end to its historic indefinition and ambiguity and was consolidated in 1989.

• independentist
• independence