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communitarian Definition

com·mu·ni·tar·ian (kə myo̵̅o̅′nə terē ən)

noun

a member or advocate of a communistic or communalist community

communitarian Related Forms
com·mu′·ni·tar·ian·ism′ noun
communitarian Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • political: This is where the political communitarians of the last decade have shed some light.

Modifies a noun

  • critique: This communitarian critique is an appropriation of two pre-existing critiques of liberalism.
  • approach: O'Neill has not sufficiently understood the significance of the communitarian approach.
  • value: Page 26 Linking Language to Regeneration Roger Roberts believes Welsh Liberal Democrat communitarian values come through in its new thinking on language policy.
  • critic: Gutman, Amy ( 1985 ) " Communitarian Critics of Liberalism " Philosophy and Public Affairs Vol.
  • agenda: Where does social justice fit in to the communitarian agenda?
  • ideal: N.B. The communitarian ideal has become very much associated with the recent politics of the " Third Way " .

Noun used with modifier

  • 1980s: What cannot be denied is that they have carried forward the debate beyond the implausible alternatives to liberalism offered by 1980s communitarian thinkers.