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Loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole
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communalism
Word definitions for communalism in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Communalism usually refers to a system that integrates communal ownership and federations of highly localised independent communities. A prominent libertarian socialist , Murray Bookchin , defines communalism as "a theory of government or a system of government ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Communalism \Com"mu*nal*ism\, n. A French theory of government which holds that commune should be a kind of independent state, and the national government a confederation of such states, having only limited powers. It is advocated by advanced French republicans; ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the practice of communal living and common ownership loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1871 (in reference to Paris), from communal + -ism .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The communal ownership of property 2 Any social system based around a community
Usage examples of communalism.
George Miranda had just completed a documentary film about communalism, interviewing Hindus and Muslims of all shades of opinion.
Later, when advanced technology and information systems make it possible for much of the work of society to be done at home via computer-telecommunication hookups, communalism will become feasible for larger numbers.
Apparently he taught them a kind of martian communalism based on principles of the local biochemistry.
Apparently he taught them a kind of Martian communalism based on principles of the local biochemistry.
He concludes that the establishment of shutaisei in Japan is especially difficult because of, among other reasons, the cultural and social forces of conformism and communalism that envelop the individual.
The Church fostered communalism: evÂeryone helped you build your new barn, or repaint your house, and you did the same for them.
She loves the communalism, the tribal identity, the basic life with few demands and no responsibility.
Like communalism and animism, non-nuclear family structures provide a poor defense against the corrosive effects of cities, where African culture is being redefined as deforestation tied to overpopulation drives peasants out of the countryside.