Bicommunalism
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A societal organization the divides a single population into two distinct communities that may have conflicting interests.
"The pre-1960 era conceptualization of bicommunalism characterized the Canadian polity as consisting of a French-Canadian nation located largely in Quebec, but with a substantial component located in other provinces and territories, and the English-Canadian nation located largely outside Quebec."
Example
More examples"The pre-1960 era conceptualization of bicommunalism characterized the Canadian polity as consisting of a French-Canadian nation located largely in Quebec, but with a substantial component located in other provinces and territories, and the English-Canadian nation located largely outside Quebec."
Etymology
From bicommunal + -ism.
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