communitary, a. U.S.
(kəˈmjuːnɪtərɪ)
[f. community: see -ary 2.]
Belonging to a community. Hence coˈmmunitariness.
| 1895 Advance (Chicago) 14 Mar. 846/1 The societies in which they [sc. Harvard and Yale] were placed were characterized by a communitariness of blood, belief, interest and character. Ibid., No communitary instinct pervades and unifies society [in the Western States, U.S.]. 1904 Branford in Ideals of Sci. & Faith 105 Adjustments and readjustments between group-interests and communitary interests. |