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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Nowhere was that communitarian spirit more prominent than in the complicated project of establishing the Innocenti. —
Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025 His ability to direct actors (having been one for many years) becomes an organizing principle in his pictures, which gives them a communitarian bent. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025 Although the relocation of a very Nordic communitarian milieu to a British setting creates its own cultural dissonances, the end result is a nifty ethical puzzle about balancing the needs of individuals versus those of the community. —Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for communitarian
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Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025 His ability to direct actors (having been one for many years) becomes an organizing principle in his pictures, which gives them a communitarian bent. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025 Although the relocation of a very Nordic communitarian milieu to a British setting creates its own cultural dissonances, the end result is a nifty ethical puzzle about balancing the needs of individuals versus those of the community. —Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for communitarian
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