communitarian
adjective
com·mu·ni·tar·i·an
kə-ˌmyü-nə-ˈter-ē-ən 
: of or relating to social organization in small cooperative partially collectivist communities
communitarian
noun
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The choice seems to be made in particular by individuals affiliated with strongly communitarian religious groups.
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2010
American culture has always been at once strongly libertarian, individualist and pluralist, yet also strongly communitarian, moralist and religious.
—Christopher Demuth, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
This benign and even communitarian version of slave culture was by no means confined to historians born and bred in the South.
—Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books, 8 June 2022
The communitarian ideals of radical women’s groups faded from public memory, and feminism was glossed as a movement for female careers.
—Elaine Blair, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2010
American culture has always been at once strongly libertarian, individualist and pluralist, yet also strongly communitarian, moralist and religious.
—Christopher Demuth, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
This benign and even communitarian version of slave culture was by no means confined to historians born and bred in the South.
—Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books, 8 June 2022
The communitarian ideals of radical women’s groups faded from public memory, and feminism was glossed as a movement for female careers.
—Elaine Blair, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022
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“Communitarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communitarian. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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