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sectionalism

NOUN
  1. a partiality for some particular place

How To Use sectionalism In A Sentence

  • Interest groups, which are associated with sectionalism and the possible exercise of sanctions, appear to be inimical to ideas of reasoned discussion and the general welfare.
  • Past animosities and sectionalism were laid aside in favor of fellowship and intellectual stimulation.
  • There's the nagging sectionalism, the North-South bitterness that still raged a half-century after the Civil War and beyond.
  • But he fails to acknowledge other cultural and socioeconomic forces at work, including the dramatic effects of industrialism, urbanization, evangelical Christianity, slavery, and sectionalism.
  • We forget that slavery existed in northern states as well as southern, that ending slavery was but one of many contributing factors to the war (think tariffs, think sectionalism, think industrial vs. agrarian economies). The Volokh Conspiracy » Virginia “Confederate History Month” Proclamation
  • sectionalism" against the Republicans, pretended to see no impropriety in proposing this purely selfish and sectional alliance. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02
  • This is sectionalism - of which the rebellion was the offspring.
  • sectionalism," the identical pretext upon which the South inaugurated its rebellion against his Administration four years afterwards: Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02
  • Ultimately, however, Bryan's attempt to overcome sectionalism by restraining public recollection of the war was no match for the tactics of his opponent.
  • By focusing on urban papers, Ratner and Teeter have not accounted for the creation of sectionalism in the majority of the nation.
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