Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

common good

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.15 in modern English

Syllables: com-mon -good
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The general interest of the population as a whole.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A good that is rivalrous and nonexcludable.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The corporate property of a burgh in Scotland.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Post-liberals share some longstanding Catholic conservative views, such as opposition to abortion and LGBTQ+ rights. They envision a counter-revolution in which they take over government bureaucracy and institutions such as universities from within, replacing entrenched “elites” with their own and acting upon their vision of the “common good”."

Usage

Inflected Forms

common goods (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

common cause common ground private good club good public good common land commons

Synonyms

public interest public good res publica CPR common-pool resource commonweal

Questions

What does common good mean?: The general interest of the population as a whole.

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