independentista

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noun

A supporter or advocate for the political independence of some region (especially a Spanish- or Catalan-speaking region); an independentist.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounindependentista (plural independentistas)

plural independentistas

  1. A supporter or advocate for the political independence of some region (especially a Spanish- or Catalan-speaking region); an independentist.
    1 more example

    Javier Astudillo Ruiz, from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, doesn't see an easy or obvious way out of the crisis because a sector of the independentistas won't accept that the Spanish government isn't going to negotiate, "while a large part of the politicians in Madrid still think that it's only a question of time until support for independence drops, without having to negotiate absolutely anything

    2019 October 29, Darren Loucaides, “Barcelona Burning”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2023

Origin

  1. Catalanindependentista
  2. Spanishindependentista
  3. Englishindependentista

Borrowed from Spanish independentista and Catalan independentista.

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APA

independentista. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/independentista

MLA

“independentista.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/independentista. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “independentista,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/independentista.

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