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I read a sentence in an article in The Hindu which was:
Certainly some people identify strongly with their community, others identify weakly, and still others move on and adopt the meaning systems of another community.
I don't know what "meaning systems" mean here. Any guesses? And I don't think it is anyhow related to premises it follows and those which follow it.
It means societal values, or systems of thought that create meaningful identities. Some people identify with the values of the community they're born into, while others adapt to the values of other communities. The article argues that most people are "more intimately attached to the community of birth" and to the values of their birth community.
