Independentism

== English == === Etymology === From independent +‎ -ism. === Proper noun === Independentism Independency pre-1662, Bishop John Gauden In the Brownist system, each congregation is independent of every other; hence the origin of the terms Congregationalism and Independentism. === References === “Independentism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.