communalism
మతోన్మాదం
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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Based in part on fear and ignorance of the other, 'communalism' often gives rise to conflict and violence between communities.
He identified 'communalism' as the biggest curse of the society.
In Sri Lanka, where the ruling class has resorted to 'communalism' to buttress its rule for decades, nationalism takes particularly reactionary forms.
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.
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.
From poetry-reading to kite-flying it is a day to retie the threads of a composite culture threatened by 'communalism' .
When Urdu was the dominant language there was no feeling of 'communalism' .
The rise of 'communalism' and role of hate propaganda could have been highlighted better.
To carry this through, workers must decisively reject all forms of 'communalism' and racism.
Those fighting dams or development projects cannot elude issues of 'communalism' or caste politics in their spheres of influence - even at the cost of short-term success in their immediate campaign.
It may sound old-fashioned but the best way to tackle 'communalism' is surely bringing people together to stand up for their common interests.
His school practised secrecy and 'communalism' making it hard to distinguish between the work of Pythagoras and that of his followers.
Can we boast of our Independence when the evils of 'communalism' , violence, and hatred still reign supreme?
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' .
Today more than ever, their struggles against patriarchy involve confronting 'communalism' within their own communities.
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.
suburban individualism and inner-city 'communalism'
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.
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?
The fundamental element of Sri Lankan politics since independence in 1948, and even before, has been the predominance of '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.
We have to fight this menace of 'communalism' and terrorism together.
The truth is both the Indian and Pakistani elites have tried to defect social discontent by fanning 'communalism' and religious fundamentalism.
issues such as Punjab violence and 'communalism'
Israel is a socialist state founded on 'communalism' (kibbutzes for example).
It is a great pity that 'communalism' has gripped the minds of those great leaders who were called the pillars of Congress’.
An effort to prove that there exists a democratic alternative to globalisation and 'communalism' .
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.
Values and principles such as sharing, co-operation, altruism, 'communalism' , nonviolence, nonconfrontation, consultation, consensus.
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