COMMUNALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does communalism mean? 

• COMMUNALISM (noun)
  The noun COMMUNALISM has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: COMMUNALISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMUNALISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The practice of communal living and common ownership

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("communalism" is a kind of...):

group action (action taken by a group of people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("communalism" is a kind of...):

allegiance; commitment; dedication; loyalty (the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action)