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communality

UK/ˌkɒmjʊˈnalɪti/US/ˌkɑmjuˈnæləti/

communality noun: the condition of being communal.

Noun

communality (countable and uncountable, plural communalities)

  1. The condition of being communal.
    • There may have been a vague communality of purpose, but we were never a team.1997, Ian McEwan, Enduring Love, Vintage (1998), page 10
  2. The extent to which something is communal.
  3. A measure of variance in factor analysis.

Forms of communality

pluralcommunalities

Origin of communality

From communal + -ity; compare earlier commonalty, commonality.

Questions about communality

What does communality mean?
Communality means the condition of being communal.
What part of speech is communality?
Communality is a noun.
How do you pronounce communality?
Communality is pronounced /ˌkɒmjʊˈnalɪti/ (UK).
What is the plural of communality?
The plural of communality is communalities.

Words near communality in the dictionary

  1. communalisms
  2. communalist
  3. communalistic
  4. communalists
  5. communalities
  6. communality
  7. communalization
  8. communalizations
  9. communalize
  10. communalized
  11. communalizes

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