communitarianism

noun

Etymology

From communitarian + -ism.

  1. derived from commūnitās
  2. derived from communité
  3. inherited from communite
  4. formed as communitarian — “community + -arian
  5. suffixed as communitarianism — “communitarian + ism

Definitions

  1. The group of doctrines that oppose excessive individualism in favour of a more…

    The group of doctrines that oppose excessive individualism in favour of a more community-based approach

    • […] Tony Blair dallied with communitarianism in the mid-90s and was wont to quote the Quaker philosopher John Macmurray.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for communitarianism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA