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territorialism en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English territorial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English territorialism From territorial + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Territoriality: the assertion of rights to a territory
   • Such incidents create debate about localism, a brand of territorialism that has been practiced at surf breaks around the world for decades. 2009 January 23, Matt Higgins, “Rough Waves, Tougher Beaches”, in New York Times:
2. (countable, uncountable) A theory of church government according to which the ruler of a country has the natural right to rule also over the ecclesiastical affairs of its people.

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