municipalism

noun

Etymology

From municipal + -ism.

  1. derived from mūnicipālis
  2. borrowed from municipal
  3. suffixed as municipalism — “municipal + ism

Definitions

  1. The condition of being municipal.

  2. The political philosophy or practice of preferring public services administered by local…

    The political philosophy or practice of preferring public services administered by local government and local organisations.

    • Extensive welfare provision such as coal, grocery packages and clothing soon became a characteristic of RP municipalism.
    • Rochdale socialists, for example, evinced an equally keen interest in municipalism within the context of socialist unity. Moreover, municipal intervention did not always strike a chord with the interests of local trade unions.

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No curated loop yet for municipalism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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