communalism
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9.2
- noun
- /kəˈmjunəˌlɪzəm/
:
comunalismo
- Huntington's way would mean the loss of individualism, replaced with a communalism that would subordinate the good of the individual for the good of society.
- communalism in India
Examples
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There is today in the Arab world a contest between these trends: the nationalitarian civil trend, and crypto-fascist communalism and Islamism, at all levels, cultural no less than political and social.
Academic text (1995) -
Sikandar Hayat was more suitable to the Hindus because of his less aggressive communalism as compared to his predecessor.
Academic text (2018) -
Thus, while the sponsors' aid was essential to the survival of the colonies, their policies were not neutral but served to shape the settlements into communities based on individual ownership rather than communalism.
Academic text (1992) -
The Khaksar leadership kept themselves aloof from communalism, which was the basic political tool mostly adopted by the Unionist Party in its slogans.
Academic text (2018) -
In African American culture, there is interplay between expressive individualism and communalism, so that possessions belong to the community at large and uniqueness is valued.
Academic text (2003) -
The second set of tendencies is toward pure communalism or, more graphically, tribalism as an outcome of attempts to survive at the peripheries of the new global economy.
Academic text (1999) -
A second and perhaps even more formidable barrier to a communal crossover by the BJP is the fact that, in contemporary India, appeals to communalism, on balance, are seen to pay greater political dividends than appeals to secularism.
Academic text (1995) -
Gujarat, he says, manifests all the symptoms of India's current political crises, including worsening communalism, upon which BJP electoral mobilization feeds.
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In many regions, communalism has led people to prioritize their ethnic identities over national unity.
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Communalism can create divisions within society as individuals feel more loyalty to their own group than to the broader community.
Synonyms
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7.0
A strong loyalty and shared way of life in a small social group
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9.6
Strong loyalty to one religious or political group that divides people
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8.8
Thinking your own culture is better than other cultures
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9.8
A belief that your own culture is better and used to judge other cultures
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9.3
A habit of spending time only with a small group and ignoring others
A habit of staying close to a small group and avoiding outsiders
A strong loyalty to one region that harms the rest of the country
Strong support for one religious group that divides believers
Antonyms
How Sectarian
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Communalism also comes from commune and the ending -ism, which marks a 'belief' or 'idea'. So communalism in this sense means putting loyalty to your own group first rather than to the whole society.