communitarianism

English

Etymology

From communitarian +‎ -ism.

Noun

communitarianism (countable and uncountable, plural communitarianisms)

1. (ethics) The group of doctrines that oppose excessive individualism in favour of a more community-based approach [from 1980s]

   Antonym: individualism

   • 2009 February 9, Madeleine Bunting, “The maverick ideas of red Toryism could give Cameron a potent edge”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     […] 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: communautarisme (fr) m
• German: Kommunitarismus (de) m
• Korean: 공동체주의 (gongdongchejuui)
• Russian: коммунитаризм m (kommunitarizm)
• Welsh: cymunedoliaeth f

See also

• communitarianism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia