Territorialism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Territorialism is a noun meaning Territoriality: the assertion of rights to a territory.
Meaning
Territoriality: the assertion of rights to a territory.
More Meanings
- (religion) 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.
Example Sentences
Such incidents create debate about localism, a brand of territorialism that has been practiced at surf breaks around the world for decades.
Word Forms
- territorialisms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include territoriality, turfism, divisionism, jurisdictionalism, proprietarianism, regionism.
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