kampung spirit
noun/ˈkʌmpɔːŋ ˈspɪɹɪt/UK/ˈkʌmpɔŋ ˈspɪɹɪt/US/ˈkʌmpɔŋ ˈspɪɹɪt/
Etymology
From kampung + spirit. Kampung is borrowed from Malay kampung (“village; community”).
Definitions
A sense of social cohesion in a community and a willingness of neighbours to co-operate…
A sense of social cohesion in a community and a willingness of neighbours to co-operate with each other.
- In the [Malayan] Union, kampong people have the kampong spirit, and in rural Singapore villagers must have the village spirit in order to improve their living condition.
- The old kampung spirit of volunteerism is useful. But volunteers need to be organised so that in a fire outbreak, for example, they can carry out their specific roles, calmly, before help from supportive services arrive.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA