communality

American  

[kom-yuh-nal-i-tee] / ˌkɒm yəˈnæl 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.

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Etymology

Origin of communality

First recorded in 1900–05; communal + -ity

Example Sentences

A hidden consequence of disasters, distinct from the traumas afflicting each person, was a shredding of “social life that damages the bonds attaching people together and impairs a prevailing sense of communality,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Los Angeles Times

The Sun Ra Arkestra conjures a loose communality, the feeling of mavericks gathering for a shared purpose.

From New York Times

The mythos of “the first” obscures so much of the communality of Hansberry’s thinking.

From New York Times

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