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Definition of: communalism
(kom′yə·nəl·iz′əm, kə·my′·nəl-) noun
1. In France, the theory that each commune should be self–governing and the state a mere federation of communes; hence, local self–government.
2. Communal ownership of goods and property.
—com′mu·nal·ist noun
—com′mu·nal·is′tic adjective
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