ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷əˌlizəm noun
( -s )
Etymology: territorial (I) + -ism
1. : landlordism 2
2. : the principle established by the Peace of Augsburg in 1555 providing for compulsory conformity of all the inhabitants of a territory of the Holy Roman Empire to the Lutheranism or Roman Catholicism established by their ruler or for their emigration
3. often capitalized : a doctrine, theory, or movement among the Jews seeking to establish the settlement of the Jews on an autonomous basis in any suitable and available part of the world — compare zionism
4. : territoriality 2