communalist
- noun
- /kəˈmjunəlɪst/
:
comunalista
- Unfortunately, communalist (not Communist) ideology tends to go hand-in-hand with Big Government ideology, though I'm not certain how obligatory that marriage really needs to be.
Examples
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They thought politics was the problem for the new communalists, the best way to challenge mainstream war making America was to leave it behind.
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The communalist advocated for the rights of his religious community, often leading to tensions with other groups.
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Sikh communalists in the city of Lahore were not organized in comparison with the Hindu organized body of RSS.
Academic text (2018) -
So have we really, as it is said of us both by Arab communalists and by Westerners who claim Arabist expertise, reverted to type, returned to a fragmentary prelapsarian innocence?
Academic text (1995) -
During the festival, the communalist rallied his followers to unite in support of their cultural traditions.
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Many communalists prioritize the interests of their ethnic group over national unity, which can lead to conflict.
Synonyms
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A person who supports only their own group and ignores outsiders
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A person who strongly follows a religious or political group
A person who treats people from one ethnic group better or worse than others
A person who gives strong support to one group inside an organization, causing division
A person who causes a split in a religious group
Antonyms
How Sectarian
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Communalist comes from communal (from community and common) meaning 'shared', plus the ending -ist which names a person. So a communalist is someone who supports their own community's interests, sometimes at the cost of wider unity.