Secession (disambiguation)

"Secessionism" redirects here, not to be confused with Cessationism.

Secession is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or political entity. It may also refer to:

• Secession in the United States, one of the causes of the American Civil War
• Economic secession, a nonviolent activism technique used to fight tyranny
• Secession (art), the series of secession movements in art during the late 19th and early 20th century, including:

• Berlin Secession, the 1898 break from the Association of Berlin Artists
• Vienna Secession, the 1897 secession that led to the Austrian branch of Art Nouveau
• Sonderbund westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler, the Düsseldorf secession of 1909

• Secession (band), a synth pop band that existed between 1983 and 1987
• 1857 Secession, secession from the Reformed Church in America in 1857 which led to the formation of the Christian Reformed Church in North America
• Secession of 1834 or Afscheiding, secession from the Dutch Reformed Church in 1834 which led to the formation of the Christelijke Gereformeerde Kerken

See also:

• List of unrecognized countries
• List of historical autonomist and secessionist movements
• List of active autonomist and secessionist movements
• List of U.S. state secession proposals
• List of U.S. county secession proposals