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Communalism

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A French theory of government which holds that commune should be a kind of independent state, and the national government a confederation of such states, having only limited powers. It is advocated by advanced French republicans; but it should not be confounded with communism.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Communalism'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/communalism.html. 1828.