communalism
ಕೋಮುವಾದ
definition
noun
He deplored the rise of communalism and ethnic-based politics.
a principle of political organization based on federated communes.
He appealed to the people to frustrate the evil designs of those people who wanted to undermine national unity and integrity by spreading communalism in the society.
allegiance to one's own ethnic group rather than to the wider society.
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From poetry-reading to kite-flying it is a day to retie the threads of a composite culture threatened by 'communalism' .
Moreover the relationship in itself and social goodwill and the economic uplift connected to it would also help in solving the internal problems of ethnicity and 'communalism' that have gripped these societies.
The truth is both the Indian and Pakistani elites have tried to defect social discontent by fanning 'communalism' and religious fundamentalism.
It can be read as a long-running dialectic between individualism and 'communalism' .
In 1972, 'communalism' was entrenched in the constitution, which makes Buddhism the state religion.
She was attracted to 'communalism' , practiced homeopathy and diet reform, critiqued unfair labor practices, and excoriated men for their treatment of women.
The SEP calls on workers to decisively reject all forms of 'communalism' and chauvinism and to champion the democratic rights of all, regardless of their ethnicity, language or religion.
He deplored the rise of 'communalism' and ethnic-based politics.
An effort to prove that there exists a democratic alternative to globalisation and 'communalism' .
It may sound old-fashioned but the best way to tackle 'communalism' is surely bringing people together to stand up for their common interests.
They have failed to check the rising 'communalism' in the society.
In Sri Lanka, where the ruling class has resorted to 'communalism' to buttress its rule for decades, nationalism takes particularly reactionary forms.
Today more than ever, their struggles against patriarchy involve confronting 'communalism' within their own communities.
The women stood on the traffic island holding banners and posters against 'communalism' and violence while the children recited poems highlighting the need for love and humaneness.
Can we boast of our Independence when the evils of 'communalism' , violence, and hatred still reign supreme?
His school practised secrecy and 'communalism' making it hard to distinguish between the work of Pythagoras and that of his followers.
Values and principles such as sharing, co-operation, altruism, 'communalism' , nonviolence, nonconfrontation, consultation, consensus.
We have to fight this menace of 'communalism' and terrorism together.
The resort to 'communalism' is a desperate attempt by the ruling elite to divert the mounting anger and frustration and to set working people against each other.
suburban individualism and inner-city 'communalism'
Israel is a socialist state founded on 'communalism' (kibbutzes for example).
The inability of any section of the ruling class to end this disastrous conflict stems from the fact that it can no more relinquish 'communalism' than it can give up its wealth and social privileges.
It is a great pity that 'communalism' has gripped the minds of those great leaders who were called the pillars of Congress’.
When Urdu was the dominant language there was no feeling of 'communalism' .
At a certain point in the nineties, the NBA sought to move in the direction of developing such a holistic agenda, connecting issues of 'communalism' , militarization, neoliberal globalization.
Based in part on fear and ignorance of the other, 'communalism' often gives rise to conflict and violence between communities.
Even though 'communalism' is the chief source of recent violence in the district, the State by its inability to restrain it bears equal responsibility for the violence.
All of them bear responsibility for the social disaster created by the protracted war, the destruction of basic democratic rights and the growth of ethnic hatred and 'communalism' .
He appealed to the people to frustrate the evil designs of those people who wanted to undermine national unity and integrity by spreading 'communalism' in the society.
Perhaps, given dozens, even hundreds of attempts, it could begin to shift all of humanity towards peaceful, carefully administrated 'communalism' , but by then how far would Its mind be gone?
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