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Meaning of "sectionalist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SECTIONALIST

sectionalist  [ˈsɛkʃənəlɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SECTIONALIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sectionalist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SECTIONALIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sectionalism

In national politics, sectionalism is loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole. It is often a precursor to separatism.

Definition of sectionalist in the English dictionary

The definition of sectionalist in the dictionary is a person with an excessive or narrow-minded concern for local or regional interests as opposed to the interests of the whole.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SECTIONALIST


antirationalist
ˌæntɪˈræʃənəlɪst
constitutionalist
ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃənəlɪst
conversationalist
ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənəlɪst
denominationalist
dɪˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃənəlɪst
educationalist
ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃənəlɪst
functionalist
ˈfʌŋkʃ ənəlɪst
institutionalist
ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəlɪst
internationalist
ˌɪntəˈnæʃənəlɪst
intuitionalist
ˌɪntjʊˈɪʃənəlɪst
irrationalist
ɪˈræʃənəlɪst
nationalist
ˈnæʃənəlɪst
notionalist
ˈnəʊʃənəlɪst
personalist
ˈpɜːsənəlɪst
processionalist
prəˈsɛʃənəlɪst
professionalist
prəˈfɛʃənəlɪst
rationalist
ˈræʃənəlɪst
regionalist
ˈriːdʒənəlɪst
traditionalist
trəˈdɪʃənəlɪst
tripersonalist
traɪˈpɜːsənəlɪst
ultranationalist
ˌʌltrəˈnæʃənəlɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SECTIONALIST

sectator
sectile
sectility
section
section hand
section mark
sectional
sectionalisation
sectionalised
sectionalism
sectionalization
sectionalize
sectionalized
sectionally
sectionisation
sectionise
sectionization
sectionize
sector
sectoral

WORDS THAT END LIKE SECTIONALIST

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brutalist
capitalist
finalist
fundamentalist
generalist
hospitalist
idealist
journalist
mentalist
minimalist
naturalist
Orientalist
photojournalist
realist
removalist
sensationalist
serialist
socialist
specialist
vocalist

Synonyms and antonyms of sectionalist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sectionalist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SECTIONALIST

Find out the translation of sectionalist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sectionalist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sectionalist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

sectionalist
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

seccionalista
570 millions of speakers

English

sectionalist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sectionalist
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sectionalist
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

sectionalist
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sectionalist
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sectionalist
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sectionalist
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sectionalist
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sectionalist
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sectionalist
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sectionalist
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sectionalist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sectionalist
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sectionalist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनुभागीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sectionalist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sectionalist
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sectionalist
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

sectionalist
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sectionalist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τοπικιστής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

seksionalistiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sectionalist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sectionalist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sectionalist

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SECTIONALIST»

The term «sectionalist» is barely ever used and occupies the 196.881 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SECTIONALIST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sectionalist» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sectionalist» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sectionalist

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SECTIONALIST»

Discover the use of sectionalist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sectionalist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Outsider at the Heart of Things: Essays
The problem is the same for any art, whether it is specifically Sectionalist in the Southern sense, generally agrarian, or otherwise. The real or at least the insistent problem of art for contemporary American society, and especially as it impinges ...
Richard P. Blackmur, James T. Jones, 1989
2
The Dynamics of Working-class Politics: The Labour Movement ...
In a sense all struggles are sectionalist since no struggle has ever spanned all workers, and hence a demand from one union will always place it at a different level from other workers. Nonetheless there is an important difference between ...
Michael Savage, 1987
3
Politics in Zambia
Once sectionalist perceptions are accepted by a large number of followers, the latter can put pressure on 'deviant' leaders who (they consider) should belong to the section but who have hitherto stood out against sectionalist feeling.
William Tordoff, 1974
4
Defamation Law and Social Attitudes: Ordinary Unreasonable ...
In order to get an impression of the likelihood of any of our ten media reports being considered defamatory under a sectionalist test, we need to make a few assumptions. Let us assume the following: + all respondents who believe that the  ...
Roy Baker, 2011
5
Slavery, Capitalism, and Politics in the Antebellum Republic
As far as his critics were concerned, he had once again helped whip up a crisis over slavery and then betrayed those who had battled valiantly to resolve it. He was acting at one moment as the loyal Democrat, at the next as the sectionalist ...
John Ashworth, 1995
6
Political Institutions in Europe
Most of the interactions between administrations and interest groups in the German polity are of a sectionalist nature, while cross-sectoral coordination is almost completely absent from the State-interest-group networks. A sectionalist bias also ...
Josep Colomer, 2003
7
Postimperialism and World Politics
I call the first type the "sec- tionalist" interpretation and the second type, for lack of a better word, "anti- sectionalist." SECTIONALIST INTERPRETATIONS OF UNION POLITICS I use the term "sectionalist" to refer to the view of unions as ...
David G. Becker, Richard L. Sklar, 1999
8
Union Power in the Nigerian Textile Industry: Labour Regime ...
But if there were such cases, we should expect opposite situations as well, cases where officers had an interest in reporting sectionalist scheming among the workers. Similarly, if union officials themselves were seen as sectionally partisan  ...
Gunilla Andrae, Björn Beckman, 1999
9
The Romance of Authenticity: The Cultural Politics of ...
In terms of the horizon of expectations, Faulkner's sectionalist fiction satisfied the desire for an authenticating connection between author and region, and his more explicit political advocacy clarified the content (and the value, depending on ...
Jeff Karem, 2004
10
OUR SOUTH
He has temporalized sectionalist geography, so that the longed-for dominance of one part of the country over the other becomes the simple unfolding oftime. The ascendance of Commercial North over Feudal South is as natural and inevitable  ...
Jennifer Rae Greeson, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SECTIONALIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sectionalist is used in the context of the following news items.
1
John Ivison: Tom Mulcair adeptly tap-dances around NDP …
Mulcair has been equally inscrutable on trade issues, where he is attempting to balance the support of union members and other sectionalists who oppose deals ... «National Post, Jul 15»
2
Ruben Rosario: It's not a hard choice: Take slave owner's name off …
... from a strong nationalist to a hard, ardent sectionalist who unashamedly defended slavery, even at the expense of criticizing the Declaration of Independence. «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Jul 15»
3
Meech Lake was sunk. Its ideas live on
The tension between “sectionalist” and “centralist” forces was a common theme in the early days of the federation. It was at the centre of the debate over the ... «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
4
Perspective on the namesake of Lake Calhoun
Tragically, the years after 1825 changed Calhoun from a strong nationalist to a hard, ardent sectionalist who unashamedly defended slavery, even at the ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jun 15»
5
For everybody and for nobody
He followed this up by hastily convening a national conference at the urging of some sectionalist groups and tried to rewrite the Constitution to give them some ... «Daily Trust, May 15»
6
Yemen's unnoticed but crucial province
As Yemen is gradually losing stability, so too are sectionalist sentiments in the south rising. For months, protestors all over the south have been seen flying the ... «Middle East Monitor, May 15»
7
Pomp, Pageantry and Tedium
... of the parenthetical queue—strikes a distinctly sectionalist note: not all nations are equally welcome, it seems, at this particular concert. Savall's ensemble thus ... «CounterPunch, Apr 15»
8
The Jega I know ---Momoh
He has never been associated with regional or sectionalist organisations, he has never been a member or an associate of such groups. He has always ... «The News, Apr 15»
9
Golf team returns three sectionalists, wins first match
Consistency has been a hallmark of Carthage golf under head coach Lowell Catron, and Monday's season opener at Twin Hills in Joplin was no different. «Carthage Press, Mar 15»
10
How APC's agenda to force Buhari, Tinubu ticket on Nigeria failed'
That assumption which seemed feasible under the regionalist Independence Constitution was that this sectionalist alliance as a formidable political party would ... «Naija247news, Mar 15»

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