Definitions for communalism

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communalism com·mu·nal·ism

Spelling: [kuh-myoon-l-iz-uh m, kom-y Communalism is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 26 points.

You can make 693 anagrams from letters in communalism (acilmmmnosu).

Definitions for communalism

noun

1. a theory or system of government according to which each commune is virtually an independent state and the nation is merely a federation of such states.
2. the principles or practices of communal ownership.
3. strong allegiance to one's own ethnic group rather than to society as a whole.

Origin of communalism

First recorded in 1870-75; communal + -ism

Examples for communalism

In the Orient the principle of communalism gained such headway as effectually to prevent the introduction of this new principle.

Its communalism is thus inseparable from its individualism and its individualism from its communalism.

It is an interesting fact that communalism has been confined to animals of comparatively low organization.

A small ragged urchin asked him the time, and that casual touch of communalism made him feel more at home.

Its communalism is guaranteed by, because it rests on, its individualism.

It inevitably followed that communalism as a principle was accepted and individualism condemned.

Ought we to minimise the communalism of the medival village?

Such a contrast of the East and the West can be stated only in the terms of communalism and individualism.

communalism and individualism are the two terms used throughout this work to describe two contrasted types of social order.

Historically, communalism is the first principle to emerge in consciousness.