Usually means: Prioritizing family needs above individual.
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  1. familism: Merriam-Webster
  2. familism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Familism: Collins English Dictionary
  4. familism: Wordnik
  5. familism: Wiktionary
  6. familism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. familism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. familism: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Familism, familism: Dictionary.com
  10. Familism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. familism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Familism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. familism: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. familism: FreeDictionary.org
  15. familism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. familism: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See familistic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (familism)

noun:  (religion, now historical) The beliefs or practice of the Family of Love religious sect, active in sixteenth century England.
noun:  A form of social structure in which the needs of the family as a group are more important than the needs of any individual family member.

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