communality

American  

[kom-yuh-nal-i-tee] / ˌkɒm yəˈnæl ɪ ti /

noun

1. the state or condition of being communal.

2. a feeling or spirit of cooperation and belonging arising from common interests and goals.

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Etymology

Origin of communality

First recorded in 1900–05; communal + -ity

Example Sentences

There was, however, one particularly fascinating area of communality.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2025

One was figuring out how to balance Islam’s call for people to pray shoulder to shoulder, foot to foot — to emphasize communality — with the need to socially distance.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2021

That is "perhaps because it depicts the very thing we are currently unable to share: the painting resonates with movement and communality, and embodies the deeply social nature of humans," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2021

If the happy ending is a bit too happy, the conclusion still leads you to the gentle thought that negotiating individuality and communality can lead to a satisfying self-realization.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2018

Platon Karatayev, the typical "Russian soul" in Tolstoy's "War and Peace", extols, for pages at a time, the virtues of communality and disparages the individual - this otherwise useless part of the greater whole.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Vaknin, Samuel