Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sectionalism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sectionalism \Sec"tion*al*ism\, n.
A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a
section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished
from national. [U. S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sectionalism
n : a partiality for some particular place [syn: {provincialism},
{localism}]
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