intentional community

American  

noun

1. a community designed and planned around a social ideal or collective values and interests, often involving shared resources and responsibilities.

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Example Sentences

But Alex, who wears the costume of authority as a police officer, not because he thinks he’s good, but because he wants to be yet knows he’s not, rolls over the actual societal control he had both as a man and as a deputy by choosing to stay in Tall Pines and support Laura’s endeavor to start an intentional community of her own, because it best fits the picture of his life he’s painted for himself.

From Salon

Andromeda Gervasio, who is from Portugal, moved to the UK 12 years ago, and moved to Brithdir Mawr last summer after feeling burnt out with city life, "craving a different lifestyle" and being drawn to "intentional community".

From BBC

It’s the story of a young family moving to Liberty, California, an intentional community designed to be a utopia for Black people.

From Seattle Times

"All of Us values intentional community engagement to ensure that populations historically underrepresented in biomedical research can also benefit from future scientific discoveries," said Karriem Watson, D.H.Sc.,

From Science Daily

When Alex Beamer bought the land in 1977 to start an intentional community, the derelict resort was uninhabitable.

From Seattle Times