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Definition of Communalism

1. Noun. The practice of communal living and common ownership.

2. Noun. Loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole.

Definition of Communalism

1. 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; but it should not be confounded with communism.

Definition of Communalism

1. Noun. The communal ownership of property ¹

2. Noun. Any social system based around a community ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Communalism

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Communalism

commotio cerebri commotio retinae commotional commotions commots commove commoved commoves commoving comms

communal communal understanding communal understandings communalise communalism (current term) communalisms communalist communalistic communalists communalities

communality communalize communalized communalizes communalizing communally communard communards

Literary usage of Communalism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"communalism Perhaps one of the most interesting aspects of evolution is the development of communal life among animals, for here is foreshadowed one of the ..."

2. The Journal of Jurisprudence by Law Library Microform Consortium (1884)
"To suppose that individualism took the place of communalism at this or any other stage ... Individualism and communalism have always existed, side by side, ..."

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