🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

secessione

Pronunciation / Transliteration: secessione

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Breakaway/ˈbreɪk.əˌweɪ/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La secessione è stata un evento storico importante."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An act of breaking away from a group or situation.

    "The breakaway faction formed its own political party."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or denoting a group or individual that has separated from a larger group.

    "The breakaway region declared independence from the country."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the phrasal verb 'break away', combining the Old English root 'brecan' (to break) with Old Norse and Middle English directional elements. Originally evolving in maritime and equestrian contexts to describe escaping restraint, it expanded into sports and general usage to signify separation from a main group.

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