ALL meanings of communalism
com·mu·nal·ism
C c - noun communalism a system or theory of government in which the state is seen as a loose federation of self-governing communities 3
- noun communalism an electoral system in which ethnic groups vote separately for their own representatives 3
- noun communalism loyalty to the interests of one's own ethnic group rather than to society as a whole 3
- noun communalism the practice or advocacy of communal living or ownership 3
- noun communalism a theory or system of government in which communes or local communities, sometimes on an ethnic or religious basis, have virtual autonomy within a federated state 3
- noun communalism the conflicting allegiance resulting from this 3
- noun communalism communal organization 3
- noun communalism A principle of political organization based on federated communes. 1
- noun communalism a theory or system of government according to which each commune is virtually an independent state and the nation is merely a federation of such states. 1
- noun communalism the principles or practices of communal ownership. 1
- noun communalism strong allegiance to one's own ethnic group rather than to society as a whole. 1
- noun communalism The communal ownership of property. 0
- noun communalism Any social system based around a community. 0