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Communalism vs Regionalism - What's the difference?

communalism | regionalism |

As nouns the difference between communalism and regionalism

is that communalism is the communal ownership of property while regionalism is affection, often excessive, to one's own region and to everything related to it.

communalism

English

Noun

(wikipedia communalism)
  • The communal ownership of property
  • Any social system based around a community

    • regionalism

    English

    Noun

  • Affection, often excessive, to one's own region and to everything related to it.
  • Political tendency to concede forms of politico-administrative autonomy to regions.
  • (countable, linguistics) A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.

    • Synonyms

    * (linguistics) provincialism

    Hyponyms

    * (linguistics) Americanism * (linguistics) Briticism, Britishism * (linguistics) Canadianism

    Related terms

    * regionalist