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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
communitarian

1841, "member of a commune," from community + ending from utilitarian, etc. The adjective is attested from 1909.

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communitarian

a. 1 Considering the community to be of central importance 2 Of or pertaining to the philosophy of communitarianism n. An adherent of communitarianism

Usage examples of "communitarian".

Humans paid lip service to their communitarian instincts, but were capable of a kind of cold-blooded, antisocial egoism that was nearly beyond Alban comprehension.

And despite their much-admired communitarian natures, when Alba sensed threat against the Great Pack, Alba had no qualms about as hard as it could.

Even if we go beyond Freud (which I trust we will), even if we expand our contexts beyond the isolated ego to the communitarian society, or to the whole biosphere, or even to God Thunderous and Almighty, this will not change the fact that if I have a really vicious oral fixation, I am not going to have an altogether fun time in life.

And, indeed, this tension is reflected in the constant debate between liberal individualism (the unencumbered self) and various forms of communitarian theorists (of the saturated/situated self).

This Point publication had enjoyed a strong vogue during the late 60s and early 70s, when it offered hundreds of practical (and not so practical) tips on communitarian living, environmentalism, and getting back-to-the-land.

This Point publication had enjoyed a strong vogue during the late 60s and early 70s, when it offered hundreds of practical (and not so practical) tips on communitarian living, environmentalism, and getting back-to the-land.

Its plan was solid: all Wednesdays, Hadley, the director of the jail that would handle it as if it was something own, it attended a communitarian meeting in Yellow.

The point is not to resist by clinging to older visions and values -- a mistake made alike by the survivalist Right and the communitarian Left.

Zenarchists want Permanent Universal Cultural Autonomy by means of Self-Selecting Intentional Neighborhoods made possible by communitarian computer matching services.