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territorialism

noun

Etymology

From territorial + -ism.

  1. derived from territorium
  2. borrowed from territorialis
  3. suffixed as territorialism — “territorial + ism”

Definitions

  1. Territoriality

    Territoriality: the assertion of rights to a territory

    • Such incidents create debate about localism, a brand of territorialism that has been practiced at surf breaks around the world for decades.

  2. A theory of church government according to which the ruler of a country has the natural…

    A theory of church government according to which the ruler of a country has the natural right to rule also over the ecclesiastical affairs of its people.

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