Communalism

[kɒmjunәlizm]

Definition

(noun.) loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole.

(noun.) the practice of communal living and common ownership.

Edited by Hilda--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

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