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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The (possible) act of Catalonia gaining independence from Spain (and, as a consequence, leaving the European Union).

   "Spain has been its own worst enemy as the controversy over “Catalexit” intensified."

Example

More examples

"Spain has been its own worst enemy as the controversy over “Catalexit” intensified."

Etymology

Blend of Catalonia + exit, modelled on earlier Brexit, Czexit, etc.

Related phrases

european union

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