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communalistic

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com⋅mu⋅nal⋅ism

  [kuh-myoon-l-iz-uhm, kom-yuh-nl-]
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–noun
1. 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.
2. the principles or practices of communal ownership.
3. strong allegiance to one's own ethnic group rather than to society as a whole.
Origin:
1870–75; communal + -ism

Related forms:
com⋅mu⋅nal⋅ist, noun
com⋅mu⋅nal⋅is⋅tic, adjective
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com·mu·nal·ist   (kə-myōō'nə-lĭst)   
n.  

  1. An advocate of communal living.

  2. One who is more interested in one's own minority or ethnic group than in society as a whole.

  3. One who is deeply concerned about the quality of community life.

com·mu'nal·is'tic adj.
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