communitarian

About 0.60 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Considering the community to be of central importance.

   Prior to the modern age, most human societies were communitarian.

2. adjective Of or pertaining to the philosophy of communitarianism.

   This book takes a communitarian approach to ethics.

3. noun An adherent of communitarianism.

   I'm a libertarian, but John here is a communitarian.

4. noun A member of a community.

Similar words

communal community grass-roots communautaire allocentric sociocommunicative communistic communistical collectivist anarchist civic-minded

Often followed by

and values critique perspective debate critics approach society movement

Word family

communitarianism communitarianisms communitarians