løsrivelse

Danish

Etymology

løsrive (secede, detach) + -else (-ing)

Noun

løsrivelse c (singular definite løsrivelsen, plural indefinite løsrivelser)

  1. secession
    • 1979, Odense University studies in history and social sciences
      Selv om det lille flertal for løsrivelse stammede fra kun en tredjedel af befolkningen, så var et flertal imidlertid et flertal, når andet ikke var bestemt.
      Although the small majority in favour of secession came from only a third of the population, a majority was nonetheless a majority, when nothing else had been decided.
    • 2016, Jørgen Laurvig, Turen Går Til Andalusien, Murcia & Valencia, Politikens Forlag →ISBN
      Krisen pustede også nyt liv i nationalismen i regionerne, hvor politikere i Catalonien kræver løsrivelse fra Spanien.
      The crisis also gave new life to nationalism in the regions in which politicians in Catalonia demand secession from Spain.
  2. (figuratively) detachment

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From løsrive + -else

Noun

løsrivelse m (definite singular løsrivelsen, indefinite plural løsrivelser, definite plural løsrivelsene)

  1. (politics) secession (fra / from)
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