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Webster 1913 Edition
Sectionalism
Sec′tion-al-ism
,Noun.
A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from national.
[U. S.]
Definition 2024
sectionalism
sectionalism
English
Noun
sectionalism (countable and uncountable, plural sectionalisms)
- Promoting the good of one division, department or subgroup over that of the whole.
- (politics) Promoting the good of one region over that of the nation.
- Sectionalism is tearing the country apart. Everyone wants the other regions to do the work and pay the taxes while they reap the benefits.