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Definition of 'sectionalism'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) sectionalism
narrow-minded concern with regional interests.

Etymology: (1850–55, Amer.)

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1. (noun) sectionalism, provincialism, localism
a partiality for some particular place

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) sectionalism
a disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from national

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