communitarianism

English

Etymology

communitarian +‎ -ism

Noun

communitarianism (countable and uncountable, plural communitarianisms)

(ethics) The group of doctrines that oppose excessive individualism in favour of a more community-based approach
- 2009 February 9, Madeleine Bunting, “The maverick ideas of red Toryism could give Cameron a potent edge”, in The Guardian‎:
  […] Tony Blair dallied with communitarianism in the mid-90s and was wont to quote the Quaker philosopher John Macmurray.

Translations

doctrine opposing execessive individualism

Catalan: comunitarisme m
French: collectivisme (fr) m
German: Kommunitarismus (de) m
Korean: 공동체주의 (gongdongchejuui)
Welsh: cymunedoliaeth f

See also

communitarianism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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