communitarian

[kuh-myoo-ni-tair-ee-uhn]

noun

1. a member of a communistic community.

2. an advocate of such a community.

communitarian

/ kəˌmjuːnɪˈtɛərɪən /

noun

1. a member of a communist community

2. an advocate of communalism

Word History and Origins

Origin of communitarian¹

First recorded in 1835–45; communit(y) + -arian

Example Sentences

The prime minister had been criticised from within his own party for the comments, with Labour peer Harriet Harman telling the Electoral Dysfunction podcast that he "should have actually explained 'look, this is what we're getting at. It's a communitarian message, it's about neighbourliness, it's about integration'."

From BBC

They may instead internalize this stress and subsume the political into the personal in a manner that isolates them further, rather than bringing them together in a more healthy communitarian fashion with the goal of solving shared political and social problems.

From Salon

Lastly, you argue they demonstrated a "spiritually communitarian worldview."

From Salon

Americans are hungry for a shift in our consciousness toward more communitarian solidarity and meaning-making.

From Slate

"If the nuclear experience is any indication," explains Mormann, "this secondary layer of industry-shared liability is likely to encourage knowledge sharing and communitarian self-regulation among CCS operators that further reduces the risk of accidents."

From Science Daily