communalism

noun

Etymology

From communal + -ism.

  1. derived from commūnis
  2. derived from commūnālis
  3. borrowed from communal
  4. suffixed as communalism — “communal + ism

Definitions

  1. The communal ownership of property.

  2. Any social system based around a community.

  3. Stoking conflict or discrimination based on religious identity.

    • Near-synonym: sectarianism

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA