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discommunity

discommunity noun: a lack of community (common possessions, properties, togetherness or relationship).

Noun

discommunity (uncountable)

  1. A lack of community (common possessions, properties, togetherness or relationship).
    • Thus, community in embryonic structure reveals community of descent; but dissimilarity in embryonic development does not prove discommunity of descent, […]1866, Charles Darwin, “Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology: Embryology: Rudimentary Organs”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], 4th edition, London: John...

Origin of discommunity

From dis- + community.

Questions about discommunity

What does discommunity mean?
Discommunity means a lack of community (common possessions, properties, togetherness or relationship).
What part of speech is discommunity?
Discommunity is a noun.

Words near discommunity in the dictionary

  1. discommoning
  2. discommons
  3. discommonsed
  4. discommonses
  5. discommonsing
  6. discommunity
  7. discompanies
  8. discompany
  9. discompassionate
  10. discompassionately
  11. discomplexion

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