Copperheadism

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noun

The state of being a Copperhead; sympathy in the North for Southern secessionists during the American Civil War.

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Meanings

nounCopperheadism (uncountable)
  1. UShistoricaluncountableThe state of being a Copperhead; sympathy in the North for Southern secessionists during the American Civil War.

    The project went nowhere, but it did plant seeds of copperheadism that germinated a couple of years later.

    1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford, published 2003, page 247

Origin

From Copperhead + -ism.

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Copperheadism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Copperheadism

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