communalist
/kəˈmjunəlɪst/
adjective
- Relating to or characteristic of a person who supports community ownership or communal living.
- Her communalist views led her to start a cooperative grocery store in the neighborhood.
- He wrote a book about communalist movements in the 19th century.
- The commune had a communalist structure where all decisions were made by the group.
- Relating to or characteristic of a person who prioritizes their own community group over others, often in a divisive way.
- The newspaper criticized the politician's communalist rhetoric for dividing the country.
- The school tried to reduce communalist attitudes by teaching about different cultures.
- Communalist tensions in the city made it hard for different groups to cooperate.
noun
- A person who supports or advocates for a system where property and resources are owned and shared by the community as a whole, rather than by individuals.
- As a communalist, she believed that everyone in the neighborhood should share the cost of maintaining the community garden.
- The political party was led by a group of communalists who wanted to reform the economy.
- The communalist argued that the town should collectively own the local park.
- A person who strongly identifies with and prioritizes their own ethnic, religious, or cultural community, often leading to conflict with other groups.
- The communalist refused to work with people from other religious backgrounds, causing tension in the office.
- The historian studied how communalists in the region had fueled decades of violence.
- During the election, the candidate was accused of being a communalist who only cared about his own ethnic group.
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