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noun
The group of doctrines that oppose excessive individualism in favour of a more community-based approach
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: ethics, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: individualism
History
Etymology tree English communitarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English communitarianism From communitarian + -ism.
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