bicommunalism

Etymology

From bicommunal + -ism.

bicommunalism means A societal organization the divides a single population into two distinct communities that may have conflicting interests. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 94 out of 100.

noun

A societal organization the divides a single population into two distinct communities that may have conflicting interests.“The pre-1960 era conceptualization of bicommunalism characterized the Canadian polity as consisting of a French-Canadian nation located largely in Quebec, but with a substantial component located in other provinces and territories, and the English-Canadian nation located largely outside Quebec.”