communitas

English

Etymology

From Latin commūnitās.

Noun

communitas (uncountable)

1. An unstructured community in which people are equal.
2. The very spirit of community; an intense community spirit, the feeling of great social equality, solidarity, and togetherness.

Quotations

• 1986. Victor W. Turner. The Anthropology of Experience. University of Illinois Press: 1986, page 43:[1]

  A sense of harmony with the universe is made evident and the whole planet is felt to be communitas.

• 1991. Victor Turner. Contesting the Sacred, Routledge, 1991:

  The achievement of communitas is the pilgrim's fundamental motivation.

References

• Creating Communitas, a project at www.wechange.org
• Forbes Leslie
• Communal Sustainability
• Forming Tribalized Communities

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Latin

Etymology

From commūnis (“common, public”)

Noun

commūnitās (genitive commūnitātis); f, third declension

1. a community
2. public spirit, a sense of duty and willingness to serve one's community

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	commūnitās	commūnitātēs
genitive	commūnitātis	commūnitātum
dative	commūnitātī	commūnitātibus
accusative	commūnitātem	commūnitātēs
ablative	commūnitāte	commūnitātibus
vocative	commūnitās	commūnitātēs

Related terms

• commūniō
• commūnis

Descendants

• English: communitas, community
• Italian: comunità