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communality

American  
[kom-yuh-nal-i-tee] / ˌkɒm jəˈnæl ɪ ti /

noun

  1. the state or condition of being communal.

  2. a feeling or spirit of cooperation and belonging arising from common interests and goals.


Etymology

Origin of communality

First recorded in 1900–05; communal + -ity

Example Sentences

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There was, however, one particularly fascinating area of communality.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2025

One was figuring out how to balance Islam’s call for people to pray shoulder to shoulder, foot to foot — to emphasize communality — with the need to socially distance.

From Washington Post Apr. 11, 2021

That is "perhaps because it depicts the very thing we are currently unable to share: the painting resonates with movement and communality, and embodies the deeply social nature of humans," she said.

From BBC Mar. 4, 2021

The communality that had been so important to Tapscott seemed at the risk of collapsing by the late 90s; this was its response.

From The Guardian Nov. 21, 2019

Platon Karatayev, the typical "Russian soul" in Tolstoy's "War and Peace", extols, for pages at a time, the virtues of communality and disparages the individual - this otherwise useless part of the greater whole.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Samuel Vaknin

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