gemeinschaftsgefuhl

See also: Gemeinschaftsgefühl

English

Etymology

From German Gemeinschaftsgefühl, from Gemeinschaft (“community, neighborship”) +‎ Gefühl (“feeling”).

Noun

gemeinschaftsgefuhl (uncountable)

1. (literally) "Community feeling" or "social interest"; used by Adlerian psychologists to describe the state of social connectedness and interest in the well-being of others that characterizes psychological health.
   • 1963, Ernest Adolf Spiegel, editor, Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry: Volume 18‎^[1], Digitized edition (Psychiatry), Grune & Stratton, published 2007, page 550:

     Lazarsfeld postulated that the "neurotic" is convinced that he cannot compete with others and this leads to fear and avoidance of gemeinschaftgefuhl^[sic] …