Usage Note
Secessionista is one of those Italian adjectives whose singular form ends in -ista and is the same for masculine and feminine: un movimento secessionista, una corrente secessionista. The plural masculine is secessionisti, feminine secessioniste. It refers to a political position favouring the separation of a territory from a larger state.
Examples
"Il partito ha una forte componente secessionista."
Natural Translation
The party has a strong secessionist element.
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