'Sectionalism' definitions:
Definition of 'sectionalism'
(from WordNet)
noun
A partiality for some particular place [syn: sectionalism, provincialism, localism]
Definition of 'Sectionalism'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'sectionalism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Sectionalism'
- Section,
- Sectional,
- Sectionality,
- Sectionalize,
- Sectionally,
- Sectionize,
- sectionalization,
- sectioned,
- Angular sections,
- Conic Sections,
- Conic section,
- Principal section,
- Section liner,
- Section, AL,
- Sectional boiler,
- Sectional dock,
- Thin section,
- brass section,
- caesarean section,
- caesarian section,
- cesarean section,
- cesarian section,
- clarinet section,
- cross section,
- discussion section,
- golden section,
- horizontal section,
- percussion section,
- plane section,
- quarter section,
- reed section,
- rhythm section,
- section eight,
- section gang,
- section hand,
- section man,
- sports section,
- string section,
- trumpet section,
- vertical section,
- violin section,
- C-section,
- cross-section,
- cross-sectional,
- nuclear cross section,
- Chevy Chase Section Five,
- Chevy Chase Section Three,
- military intelligence section 5,
- military intelligence section 6,
- Chevy Chase Section Five, MD,
- Chevy Chase Section Three, MD