cooperationism

noun — 2 senses

cooperationism

noun

Etymology From cooperation + -ism.

1

A policy of cooperation.

2

Historical The belief that the remaining slave states (after South Carolina's secession from the Union) should secede at once and simultaneously, to impress the federal government with seriousness of the their resolve.

Related terms
cooperationist

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