communitaryadj.
/kəˈmjuːnᵻt(ə)ri/, U.S. /kəˈmjunəˌtɛri/ Chiefly U.S.
Of or relating to a community; communal; (also) communitarian.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > [adjective]
generalc1300
civila1398
public1539
civic1655
communital1840
communal1843
communitive1843
communitary1850
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > socialism > [adjective] > non-Marxist or Leninist communism > involving socialistic communities
communional1827
Owenite1829
communitarian1840
phalansterian1840
societary1841
phalansterial1843
Fourierite1844
communitary1850
phalansteric1850
communautaire1860
Fourierist1870
Owenist1870
Owenian1880
Fourieristic1883
utopian socialist1884
1850 Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star 12 335 Our little communitary colony.
1895 Advance (Chicago) 14 Mar. 846/1 No communitary instinct pervades and unifies society.
1924 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 30 307 There are many life circles which likewise have communitary objects as their aim.
1967 Econ. Devel. & Cultural Change 15 492 Other peoples in Ethiopia..have communitary traditions more conducive to the establishment of local economic and social development.
2001 R. Snyder Politics after Neoliberalism iii. 85 Oaxaca's atomized, predominantly communitary municipal structure.
Derivatives
coˈmmunitariness n. rare
ΚΠ
1895 Advance (Chicago) 14 Mar. 846/1 The societies in which they [sc. Harvard and Yale] were placed were characterized by a communitariness of blood, belief, interest and character.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1850