Word: secessionism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: se
ces
sion
ism
Definition: The doctrine or policy of secession.
Morphemes:
Affix: secede
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To split or to withdraw one or more constituent entities from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: se-
Language: la
Decoded: se-
Meaning: apart
Affix: cedo
Language: la
Decoded: cedo
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I withdraw, depart, retire, go away from.
Affix: -sion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Variant of -tion, most common in words inherited directly from Latin with an accusative singular ending in -sionem.
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.