Sectionalism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Excessive devotion to local interests and customs.
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  • n. Promoting the good of one region over that of others.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from national.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The existence, development, or exhibition of sectional prejudices, or of a sectional spirit, arising from the clashing of sectional interests, whether commercial or political: the arraying of one section of a country against another on questions of interest or policy, as. in the United States. the Northern States against the Southern, or the contrary; sectional prejudice or hatred.
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  • n. a partiality for some particular place
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    partisanship    partiality   
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