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communitarian

[ kuh-myoo-ni-tair-ee-uhn ]

noun

  1. a member of a communistic community.
  2. an advocate of such a community.


communitarian

/ kəˌmjuːnɪˈtɛərɪən /

noun

  1. a member of a communist community
  2. an advocate of communalism


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Word History and Origins

Origin of communitarian1

First recorded in 1835–45; communit(y) + -arian

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Example Sentences

Meanwhile, CrossFit has taken the relatively solitary world of weightlifting and calisthenics and spun a communitarian dreamland.

The civil libertarian–communitarian internal battle reached its height following the expansion of the security state after 9/11.

"He is a communitarian," said former Obama adviser Van Jones in an interview with Breitbart News.

It should be no surprise that the unionless, privacy-skittish social network is itself a communitarian totem.

Functioning countries cannot have such porous borders, for security reasons let alone communitarian concerns.

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