Communalism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Belief in or practice of communal ownership, as of goods and property.
  • n. Strong devotion to the interests of one's own minority or ethnic group rather than those of society as a whole.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The communal ownership of property
  • n. Any social system based around a community
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A French theory of government which holds that commune should be a kind of independent state, and the national government a confederation of such states, having only limited powers. It is advocated by advanced French republicans; but it should not be confounded with communism.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The theory of government by communes or corporations of towns and districts, adopted by many republicans in France and elsewhere; the doctrine that every commune, or at least every important city commune, should be virtually an independent state in itself, and the nation merely a federation of such states.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the practice of communal living and common ownership
  • n. loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    group action    commitment    dedication    allegiance    loyalty   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    socialist   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    holism    bossiness    snub    determinist    expansionism   
     
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