- a theory or system of government according to which each commune is virtually an independent state and the nation is merely a federation of such states.
- the principles or practices of communal ownership.
- strong allegiance to one's own ethnic group rather than to society as a whole.
- a system or theory of government in which the state is seen as a loose federation of self-governing communities
- an electoral system in which ethnic groups vote separately for their own representatives
- loyalty to the interests of one's own ethnic group rather than to society as a whole
- the practice or advocacy of communal living or ownership
