sectionalism
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈsɛkʃənəlɪzəm/
- Formal
- 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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7.2
Strong loyalty to one's own community and its interests
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7.2
Support for a local area's interests instead of the national government
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9.6
A narrow way of thinking that focuses on local issues
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9.3
A strong focus on local customs and a dislike of outside ideas
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9.6
A focus on one person, group, or interest instead of the whole
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9.2
An idea that people put their ethnic or religious group before the whole society
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9.3
A narrow view of the world that cares only about local matters
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8.0
A way of thinking that only cares about local matters and ignores wider issues
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9.0
A narrow way of thinking that focuses only on a small group
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.