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Secession vs Antisecession - What's the difference?

secession | antisecession |

As a noun secession

is secession.

As an adjective antisecession is

opposing or preventing secession.

secession

English

Noun

(wikipedia secession) (en noun)
  • The act of seceding.

    • Usage notes

    A common example of usage is the withdrawal of 11 Southern states of the United States of America from the Union in 1860–1861, precipitating the U.S. civil war

    Related terms

    * secessionist

    antisecession

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Opposing or preventing secession.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 27, author=William Safire, title=Superdel, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Three years ago, China’s congress adopted an antisecession law threatening to use military force against Taiwan if it declared independence, using fen lie'' for secession, or ''splittism . }}