secession

Noun
  1. An Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s (synset 108487045)
    is a type of:
    • school - a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers
    • art movement, artistic movement - a group of artists who agree on general principles
    same as: sezession
  2. The withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War (synset 100385912)
    is an instance of: separation - the act of dividing or disconnecting
  3. Formal separation from an alliance or federation (synset 100385741)
    is a type of: separation - the act of dividing or disconnecting
    subtypes: breakaway, breaking away - the act of breaking away or withdrawing from
    same as: withdrawal

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