1) Localism 2) Partiality 3) Partisanship 4) Provincialism
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1) Localism
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In national politics, sectionalism is loyalty to the interests of one`s own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole. It is often a precursor to separatism. ==In the United States== Sectionalism in 1800s America refers to the different lifestyles, social structures, customs, and political values of the North, South ....
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• (n.) A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from national.
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(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 .....
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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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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.]
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n] - a partiality for some particular place
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provincialism noun a partiality for some particular place
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