municipalismn.

1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 41 The provincialism, or particularismus (to use a German expression), of rival seats of government,..has nothing to do with the fierce rancours of ancient municipalism.

1875 C. Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome lxxx. 689 The narrow ideas of patriotic duty, by which they had fostered their intense municipalism, were rapidly obliterated.

1923 G. M. Trevelyan Manin & Venetian Revol. ii. 29 It is no paradox to say that ‘Municipalism’, in the sense of the Italian's feeling of pride in his town or city, was the great instrument of Italian unification.

1851 N. Brit. Rev. May 29 Municipalism versus functionarism.

1897 Encycl. Social Reform 905 Municipalism may be defined as the theory, or the practice of the theory, that it is wise to extend the functions of the municipality.

1898 Daily News 13 Dec. 8/3 Mr. Sidney Webb has been studying ‘Municipalism’,..with characteristic zeal in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.

1915 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 78 470 To-day, however, when municipal politics and general politics are, with much else, in the melting-pot, we would like to know whether there is any general lesson to be drawn from German municipalism.

1989 Listener 4 May 5/1 The Clifton estate in Nottingham is locally described as once the largest council estate in Britain... It was a monument to benign municipalism.