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communalism 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/kəˈmyo͞onlˌizəm/,/ˈkämyənəˌlizm/,
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A principle of political organization based on federated communes,
  1. A principle of political organization based on federated communes

  2. The principle or practice of living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities

  3. Allegiance to one's own ethnic group rather than to the wider society

  1. the practice of communal living and common ownership
  2. loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole
  3. In many parts of the world, communalism is a modern term that describes a broad range of social movements and social theories which are in some way centered upon the community. Communalism can take the form of communal living or communal property, among others. ...
  4. Communalism is used in South Asia to denote attempts to promote primarily religious stereotypes between groups of people identified as different communities and to stimulate violence between those groups. It derives not from community but from "tensions between the (religious) communities. ...
  5. the common ownership of scientific discoveries, according to which scientists give up intellectual property rights in exchange for recognition and esteem (Merton actually used the term Communism, but had this notion of communalism in mind, not Marxism);
  6. entails that scientific results are the common property of the entire scientific community.