sectionalism
- noun
- /ˈsɛkʃənəlɪzəm/
- Formal
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seccionalismo
- Southern politicians saw it as a volatile example of sectionalism provoked by northern demagogues intent on further weakening the South.
Examples
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Poe scorned the anthology for its sectionalism because Griswold's extremely homogeneous canon featured primarily male New England poets.
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Political sectionalism in the 1830s represented one threat to national patriotism.
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Gender proved an essential component of this move toward sectionalism.
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By encouraging the University of Virginia to become a distinctively southern university and an advocate for the southern point of view, Jefferson allowed it to become a force for sectionalism rather than for national unity.
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As slavery and sectionalism divided the country in the 1820s and onward, however, white southerners struggled with how, exactly, to celebrate the nation's birthday.
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Gender remained crucial to patriotism as Georgia relocated ideologically from nationalism to sectionalism throughout the 1840s and 1850s.
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Moreover, the national campaigns and parties facilitated by a strong presidency weakened the localism and sectionalism that many progressives saw as barriers to the larger national purposes they envisioned.
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The debate over economic policies often leads to excessive sectionalism between the rural and urban areas of the country.
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During the Civil War, sectionalism became a critical factor in the conflict between the North and South.
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Many historians argue that sectionalism has shaped the political landscape of the United States throughout its history.
Synonyms
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A narrow way of thinking that focuses on local issues
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Support for a local area's interests instead of the national government
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Strong loyalty to one's own community and its interests
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A strong focus on local customs and a dislike of outside ideas
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A focus on one person, group, or interest instead of the whole
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An idea that people put their ethnic or religious group before the whole society
A narrow view of the world that cares only about local matters
A narrow way of thinking that focuses only on a small group
A way of thinking that only cares about local matters and ignores wider issues
How Regional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sectionalism comes from the common word section, which means 'a part' or 'region', plus the ending -ism, which marks a belief or way of thinking. So sectionalism is the habit of putting one part of a country first and caring more about that part than about the whole country.