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noun
Promoting the good of one division, department or subgroup over that of the whole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Promoting the good of one region over that of the nation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a partiality for some particular place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: provincialism, localism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: partiality, partisanship
History
Etymology tree English sectional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English sectionalism From sectional + -ism.
