Look up: Sectionalism

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   sectionalism
   [n] - a partiality for some particular place
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   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.]
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/52
   
   
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   sectionalism
   provincialism noun a partiality for some particular place
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   Sectionalism
   a political philosophy, prominent in the United States in the decades before the Civil War that favored the needs and outlook of one's section of the country over the needs and outlook of the country as a whole
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   Sectionalism
   `Sectionalism` is a tendency among sections in bureaucracy to blindly focus on the interest of a section at the expense of the whole. In national politics, sectionalism is often a precursor to separatism. In a political context, sectionalism is loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, rather than the nation as a whole. In the United States, sectionalism became a major problem and the nation's fastest growing influ...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectionalis
   
   
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   Sectionalism
   • (n.) A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from national.
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   sectionalism
   (from the article `United States`) The most dramatic manifestation of national division was the political struggle over slavery, particularly over its spread into new territories. The ... A more enduring manifestation of hostility toward the nationalizing tendencies in American life was the reassertion of strong feelings of sectional .....
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/56