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communitarianism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
com-mu-ni-tar-i-an-ism
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
7
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English communitarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English communitarianism From communitarian + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

communitarianisms (plural)

Antonyms

individualism

Questions

What does communitarianism mean?
The group of doctrines that oppose excessive individualism in favour of a more community-based approach
Where does communitarianism come from?
Etymology tree English communitarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English communitarianism From communitarian + -ism.

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