communalism
noun
com·mu·nal·ism kə-ˈmyü-nə-ˌli-zəm 
1
: social organization on a communal basis
2
: loyalty to a sociopolitical grouping based on religious or ethnic affiliation
communalist
kə-ˈmyü-nə-list
noun or adjective 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Suddenly their communalism looks like little more than cruel tribalism. 
Jennifer Wilson, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022 Despite India being the world's largest democracy, and constitutionally secular, the BJP has repeatedly stoked the flames of communalism, othering Muslims, branding them dangerous and violent. Akanksha Singh And Roshan Abbas, CNN, 19 May 2022 Prominent later commentators, including Karl Popper and Isaiah Berlin, scorned the Idealists’ communalism as inherently nationalistic and even totalitarian, preparing Germany for its militaristic, authoritarian future. Jeffrey Collins, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022 In short, John Locke’s ideas are part of the reason there’s limited class consciousness in this country, and why our culture emphasizes individualism over communalism. Natalie Shure, The New Republic, 8 Feb. 2022 The communalism, however, would have been recognizable to anyone that ever watched two runway contestants battle to the last death drop. New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022 The most harmless version of modern communalism is passionate fandom for a sports team, but even here Pessoa remained an outsider. Benjamin Kunkel, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021 Between communitarianism and selfishness, between communalism and capitalism. Lauren Puckett, Town & Country, 4 Apr. 2021 Murugan’s latest novel folds the violent repressions of contemporary India — the casteism and communalism — into the biography of a deeply unlucky little goat. New York Times, 2 Dec. 2020 See More
Jennifer Wilson, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022 Despite India being the world's largest democracy, and constitutionally secular, the BJP has repeatedly stoked the flames of communalism, othering Muslims, branding them dangerous and violent. Akanksha Singh And Roshan Abbas, CNN, 19 May 2022 Prominent later commentators, including Karl Popper and Isaiah Berlin, scorned the Idealists’ communalism as inherently nationalistic and even totalitarian, preparing Germany for its militaristic, authoritarian future. Jeffrey Collins, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022 In short, John Locke’s ideas are part of the reason there’s limited class consciousness in this country, and why our culture emphasizes individualism over communalism. Natalie Shure, The New Republic, 8 Feb. 2022 The communalism, however, would have been recognizable to anyone that ever watched two runway contestants battle to the last death drop. New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022 The most harmless version of modern communalism is passionate fandom for a sports team, but even here Pessoa remained an outsider. Benjamin Kunkel, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021 Between communitarianism and selfishness, between communalism and capitalism. Lauren Puckett, Town & Country, 4 Apr. 2021 Murugan’s latest novel folds the violent repressions of contemporary India — the casteism and communalism — into the biography of a deeply unlucky little goat. New York Times, 2 Dec. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1