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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American culture has always been at once strongly libertarian, individualist and pluralist, yet also strongly communitarian, moralist and religious.
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Christopher Demuth, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
In this light, the Puritans should be seen as astute progenitors of a generous and communitarian strain of American politics—one that is sorely needed today.
—Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 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
Goldin, an economist, documents but offers no prescription, while journalist Jaffe’s final chapter points us toward a more communitarian system in which our love is not co-opted by capitalism and where all have leisure time.
—Hanna Hart, Forbes, 2 June 2022
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Christopher Demuth, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
In this light, the Puritans should be seen as astute progenitors of a generous and communitarian strain of American politics—one that is sorely needed today.
—Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 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
Goldin, an economist, documents but offers no prescription, while journalist Jaffe’s final chapter points us toward a more communitarian system in which our love is not co-opted by capitalism and where all have leisure time.
—Hanna Hart, Forbes, 2 June 2022
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“Communitarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communitarian. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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