Communalism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Communalism \Com"mu*nal*ism\, 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.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  communalism
       n 1: the practice of communal living and common ownership
       2: loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority
          or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole