communaladjective
uk/ˈkɒm.jə.nəl//kəˈmjuː.nəl/us/ˈkɑː.mjə.nəl//kəˈmjuː.nəl/communal adjective (SHARED)
belonging to or used by a group of people rather than one single person:
communal facilities/food/property
We each have a separate bedroom but share a communal kitchen.
A communal society is one in which everyone lives and works together and property and possessions are shared rather than being owned by a particular person.
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Sharing
- allocate
- allot
- allotment
- apportion
- cake
- divide/split (sth) down the middle idiom
- divvy
- divvy sth up
- double
- double up
- Dutch
- go Dutch idiom
- half
- joint
- middle
- redistribute
- share and share alike idiom
- share-out
- shareable
- shared
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Nomadic & alternative lifestyles
communal adjective (IN A COMMUNITY)
involving different social or religious groups within a community:
Communal riots/disturbances have once again broken out between the two ethnic groups.
communal harmony/solidarity
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Racial issues
- alien
- anti-Semitic
- anti-Semitism
- color bar
- color line
- ethnic cleansing
- ethnic minority
- foreign
- foreigner
- ghetto
- institutionalized racism
- nativism
- NF
- non-racist
- Pan-Africanism
- Pan-Arabism
- racist
- Uncle Tom
- white flight
- white supremacy
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communally
adverb uk/ˈkɒm.jə.nəl.i//kəˈmjuː.nəl.i/us/ˈkɑː.mjə.nəl.i//kəˈmjuː.nəl.i/