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单词 sectionalism
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Definition of sectionalism in English:

sectionalism

noun ˈsɛkʃ(ə)n(ə)lɪz(ə)m
mass noun
  • Restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.

    the rise of democracy, capitalism, and sectionalism
    with modifier local sectionalism proved to be the undoing of the miners
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Only a prince could be captain and stand apart from the competing interests of sectionalism, race, caste, creed and customs.
    • Tillman's attempt to redefine sectionalism in Chicago, however, proved disastrous.
    • Past animosities and sectionalism were laid aside in favor of fellowship and intellectual stimulation.
    • The media as a torchbearer of the nation should be devoid of negative tribalism and sectionalism.
    • Concerning sectionalism and the Civil War, no attempt is made to show how the sharpening divide between North and South shaped theological ideas.
    • This is sectionalism - of which the rebellion was the offspring.
    • In addition to this, Gall suggests that care needs to be taken in criticising sectionalism for he claims it can play a positive role in helping to create solidarity.
    • His essays on sectionalism, published as The Significance of Sections in American History, won the Pulitizer Prize posthumously in 1933.
    • Interest groups, which are associated with sectionalism and the possible exercise of sanctions, appear to be inimical to ideas of reasoned discussion and the general welfare.
    • But from reading the documentation of this history, the impression is not one of fragmented partisanship or sectionalism.
    • But he fails to acknowledge other cultural and socioeconomic forces at work, including the dramatic effects of industrialism, urbanization, evangelical Christianity, slavery, and sectionalism.
    • Though sectionalism threatened the existence of the Union during its first twenty-five years, New England Federalists proved unable to counter effectively the Republican insurgence in New England.
    • Our criteria for supporting or opposing a particular merger should be how far it helps to overcome sectionalism within a particular industry and strengthen workers' confidence and ability to fight.
    • The initial assumption of this relationship was one of sectionalism although the convenor noted that all of the shop stewards worked together,
    • But he never finished his ‘big book’ on sectionalism, which is a shame.
    • It is possible that sectionalism as expressed in a general election is in decline in 1990's America.
    • By focusing on urban papers, Ratner and Teeter have not accounted for the creation of sectionalism in the majority of the nation.
    • If sectionalism and secession are freely allowed, on the other hand, the social structure of a minority group will collapse into atomism.
    • There's the nagging sectionalism, the North-South bitterness that still raged a half-century after the Civil War and beyond.
    • However, there is also a clear indication of the possible ‘historical’ problems with sectionalism and demarcation in the above quote.

Derivatives

  • sectionalist

  • adjective & noun
    • A contrast is usually made with nationalist or sectionalist terrorist activity or insurgencies.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • That should be worthy of note without sectionalist carping.
      • It brought together antislavery sectionalists and other northern dissenters from the old party system.
      • Yet neither race nor sectionalist sentiment ever actually went away as factors in lawyers' practical courtroom work.
      • When America seems to be unsure as to who should be her leader in the White House, the country does have a tendency to retreat back into its sectionalist ways.
 
 

Definition of sectionalism in US English:

sectionalism

noun
  • Restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.

    the rise of democracy, capitalism, and sectionalism
    with modifier local sectionalism proved to be the undoing of the miners
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is sectionalism - of which the rebellion was the offspring.
    • But he fails to acknowledge other cultural and socioeconomic forces at work, including the dramatic effects of industrialism, urbanization, evangelical Christianity, slavery, and sectionalism.
    • Interest groups, which are associated with sectionalism and the possible exercise of sanctions, appear to be inimical to ideas of reasoned discussion and the general welfare.
    • However, there is also a clear indication of the possible ‘historical’ problems with sectionalism and demarcation in the above quote.
    • If sectionalism and secession are freely allowed, on the other hand, the social structure of a minority group will collapse into atomism.
    • His essays on sectionalism, published as The Significance of Sections in American History, won the Pulitizer Prize posthumously in 1933.
    • The media as a torchbearer of the nation should be devoid of negative tribalism and sectionalism.
    • Though sectionalism threatened the existence of the Union during its first twenty-five years, New England Federalists proved unable to counter effectively the Republican insurgence in New England.
    • In addition to this, Gall suggests that care needs to be taken in criticising sectionalism for he claims it can play a positive role in helping to create solidarity.
    • The initial assumption of this relationship was one of sectionalism although the convenor noted that all of the shop stewards worked together,
    • By focusing on urban papers, Ratner and Teeter have not accounted for the creation of sectionalism in the majority of the nation.
    • But he never finished his ‘big book’ on sectionalism, which is a shame.
    • Only a prince could be captain and stand apart from the competing interests of sectionalism, race, caste, creed and customs.
    • There's the nagging sectionalism, the North-South bitterness that still raged a half-century after the Civil War and beyond.
    • Past animosities and sectionalism were laid aside in favor of fellowship and intellectual stimulation.
    • Tillman's attempt to redefine sectionalism in Chicago, however, proved disastrous.
    • Concerning sectionalism and the Civil War, no attempt is made to show how the sharpening divide between North and South shaped theological ideas.
    • Our criteria for supporting or opposing a particular merger should be how far it helps to overcome sectionalism within a particular industry and strengthen workers' confidence and ability to fight.
    • It is possible that sectionalism as expressed in a general election is in decline in 1990's America.
    • But from reading the documentation of this history, the impression is not one of fragmented partisanship or sectionalism.
 
 
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