English Explanatory Dictionary

sectionalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Promoting the good of one division, department or subgroup over that of the whole.
Promoting the good of one region over that of the nation.

Word forms

sectionalism sectionalisms

Etymology

From sectional + -ism.

Related words

nationalism globalism

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