"commonhood" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: commonhoods [plural]
Etymology: From common + -hood. Compare Middle English communhed, communehede (“commonhood, community”). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|common|-hood}} common + -hood, {{cog|enm|communhed}} Middle English communhed Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} commonhood (countable and uncountable, plural commonhoods)
  1. (uncountable) The state or condition of being common; commonness. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-commonhood-en-noun-BE3LMNAw
  2. (countable, uncountable) That which is common or held in common; community; commonality. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-commonhood-en-noun-r1SKeNMf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -hood, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -hood: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: commonship

Inflected forms

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