communalism

/kuh-myoon-l-iz-uhm, kom-yuh-nl-/US // kəˈmyun lˌɪz əm, ˈkɒm yə nl- //UK // (ˈkɒmjʊnəˌlɪzəm) //

共产主义,社区主义,族群主义,社区性

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a theory or system of government according to which each commune is virtually an independent state and the nation is merely a federation of such states.
- : the principles or practices of communal ownership.
- : strong allegiance to one's own ethnic group rather than to society as a whole.

It is an interesting fact that communalism has been confined to animals of comparatively low organization.
In this particular we seem to see an increase of something that may be called communalism, as we go backwards.
For all this, however, we must be careful not to see more communalism or more local self-government than really exists.
Why are rooks more sociable than ravens, and what do they gain from such communalism?
In the Orient the principle of communalism gained such headway as effectually to prevent the introduction of this new principle.