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Definition of Sectionalism
1. Noun. A partiality for some particular place.
Definition of Sectionalism
1. n. A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from national.
Definition of Sectionalism
1. Noun. Promoting the good of one region over that of others. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sectionalism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sectionalism
Literary usage of Sectionalism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Papers and Proceedings by American Sociological Society Meeting, American Sociological Association (1907)
"IS sectionalism IN AMERICA DYING AWAY ?' PROFESSOR FREDERICK J. TURNER University
of Wisconsin A satisfactory discussion of whether American sectionalism is ..."
2. The South in the Building of the Nation: A History of the Southern States by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1909)
"sectionalism. Instead of making a catalogue of the many essays which deal with
petty sectionalism within the several states and with grand sectionalism ..."
3. Publication of the American Sociological Society by American Sociological Association (1907)
"IS sectionalism IN AMERICA DYING AWAY?1 PROFESSOR FREDERICK J. TURNER University
of Wisconsin A satisfactory discussion of whether American sectionalism is ..."
4. The South in the Building of the Nation: A History of the Southern States by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1909)
"... which was soon made all the heavier by the separation of the counties in whose
interests and by whose votes the debt was created.* State sectionalism. ..."
5. The South in the Building of the Nation: A History of the Southern States by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1909)
"Noble sectionalism. Along with this condition, peculiarly advantageous to the
... At last we are permitted a noble sectionalism, for, however widespread the ..."
6. The Works of Rufus Choate: With a Memoir of His Life by Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown (1862)
"Where, beneath this logic and this rhetoric of sectionalism, do you feel one
throb of a heart capacious of our whole America ? The deep, full, burning tide ..."
7. The Origin of the Late War: Traced from the Beginning of the Constitution to by George Lunt (1866)
"sectionalism.—The Eight of Petition.—The District of Columbia. ... THE lamentable
spirit of sectionalism, leading, finally, to such disastrous consequences, ..."
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