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sectionalism


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sectionalism 
  n  :  a  partiality  for  some  particular  place  [syn:  {provincialism}, 
  {localism}] 




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