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communitarian

adjective com·mu·ni·tar·i·an \kə-ˌmyü-nə-ˈter-ē-ən\

Definition of COMMUNITARIAN

:  of or relating to social organization in small cooperative partially collectivist communities
— communitarian noun
— com·mu·ni·tar·i·an·ism \-ē-ə-ˌni-zəm\ noun
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First Known Use of COMMUNITARIAN

circa 1909

Rhymes with COMMUNITARIAN

abecedarian, Austro-Hungarian, authoritarian, disciplinarian, documentarian, egalitarian, humanitarian, majoritarian, nonagenarian, octogenarian, parliamentarian, postmillenarian, premillenarian, predestinarian, sexagenarian, totalitarian, utilitarian, veterinarian

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