communalism Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


Com"mu*nal*ism noun
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913