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communalism

communalism noun: the communal ownership of property.

Noun

communalism (countable and uncountable, plural communalisms)

  1. The communal ownership of property.
  2. Any social system based around a community.
  3. (India) Stoking conflict or discrimination based on religious identity.
    • Near-synonym: sectarianism
    Synonyms:
    sectarianism

communalism meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Kannada

communalism in Hindi

communalism
सांप्रदायिकता sāmpradāyiktā

communalism in Tamil

மதத்தின் மேல் பற்று

communalism in Kannada

ಜಾತೀಯತೆ

Synonyms of communalism

Forms of communalism

pluralcommunalisms

Origin of communalism

From communal + -ism.

Words formed from communalism

Questions about communalism

What does communalism mean?
Communalism means the communal ownership of property.
What is communalism in Hindi?
Communalism in Hindi is सांप्रदायिकता (sāmpradāyiktā). See Communalism meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is communalism?
Communalism is a noun.
What is the plural of communalism?
The plural of communalism is communalisms.

Words near communalism in the dictionary

  1. communalisation
  2. communalise
  3. communalised
  4. communalises
  5. communalising
  6. communalism
  7. communalisms
  8. communalist
  9. communalistic
  10. communalists
  11. communalities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: communalism (page history and authors); सांप्रदायिकता (Hindi) (page history and authors); communalism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); communalism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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