"communitarian" meaning in English

See communitarian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-communitarian.wav [UK] Forms: more communitarian [comparative], most communitarian [superlative]
Etymology: c 1910 community + -arian Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|community|arian}} community + -arian Head templates: {{en-adj}} communitarian (comparative more communitarian, superlative most communitarian)
  1. Considering the community to be of central importance
    Sense id: en-communitarian-en-adj-EJlneHmM
  2. Of or pertaining to the philosophy of communitarianism
    Sense id: en-communitarian-en-adj-qu7XVr5A

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-communitarian.wav [UK] Forms: communitarians [plural]
Etymology: c 1910 community + -arian Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|community|arian}} community + -arian Head templates: {{en-noun}} communitarian (plural communitarians)
  1. An adherent of communitarianism Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-communitarian-en-noun-2eyyRyFK Disambiguation of People: 20 6 46 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -arian Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 34 52 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 27 54 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 25 52 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -arian: 12 25 54 9
  2. A member of a community.
    Sense id: en-communitarian-en-noun-jwMvZGZF

Inflected forms

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