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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sectionalism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables
sec-tion-al-ism
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Promoting the good of one division, department or subgroup over that of the whole.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Promoting the good of one region over that of the nation.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English sectional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English sectionalism From sectional + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sectionalisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

nationalism globalism

Synonyms

provincialism localism

Questions

What does sectionalism mean?
Promoting the good of one division, department or subgroup over that of the whole.
Where does sectionalism come from?
Etymology tree English sectional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English sectionalism From sectional + -ism.

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