Sectionalism

3 definitions found

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

  Sectionalism \Sec"tion*al*ism\, n.
     A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a
     section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished
     from national. [U. S.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sectionalism
       n : a partiality for some particular place [syn: {provincialism},
            {localism}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "sectionalism":
     autarky, bimetallism, clannishness, clanship, cliqueyness,
     cliquishness, cliquism, denominationalism,
     economic self-sufficiency, esprit de corps, ethnocentricity,
     exclusiveness, faction, factionalism, free enterprise, free trade,
     governmentalism, laissez-faire, laissez-faireism, line, localism,
     managed currency, noninterference, nonintervention, nullification,
     partiality, partisanism, partisanship, party line, party principle,
     party spirit, planned economy, policy, polity, position,
     price supports, protection, protectionism, public policy,
     pump-priming, sectarianism