communalism
(noun) loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole
communalism
(noun) the practice of communal living and common ownership
Source: WordNet® 3.1
communalism (countable and uncountable, plural communalisms)
The communal ownership of property.
Any social system based around a community.
Source: Wiktionary
Com"mu*nal*ism, n.
Definition: A French theory of government which holds that commune should be a kind of independent state, and the national government a confederation of such states, having only limited powers. It is advocated by advanced French republicans; but it should not be confounded with communism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 November 2024
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
