territorialism
Americannoun
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a principle or system that gives predominance to the landed classes.
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Also called territorial system. a theory of church policy according to which the supreme ecclesiastical authority is vested in the civil power.
noun
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a social system under which the predominant force in the state is the landed class
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a former Protestant theory that the civil government has the right to determine the religious beliefs of the subjects of a state
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Etymology
Origin of territorialism
First recorded in 1870–75; territorial + -ism
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He talks about movies not with a know-it-all territorialism but rather an inclusive camaraderie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
“There seems to be a fair amount of territorialism here … It’s like, ‘Whoa, what are you doing … — you’re getting donors to donate directly to these people?
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2018
Living at such close quarters intensifies the lions’ natural territorialism; in this population, the leading cause of death is conflict with other lions.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 5, 2017
Related: Germany's refugee response not guilt-driven, says Wolfgang Schäuble But the biggest problem with territorialism is not polarisation, it is that the concept is deeply flawed.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2016
Additional proof of territorialism in Seaside Sparrows was obtained by identifying and plotting the location of all the marked individuals, which I saw each day while systematically traversing all the available habitat on the island.
From Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima by Glen E. Woolfenden
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