Dictionary

common good en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The general interest of the population as a whole.
   • Post-liberals share some longstanding Catholic conservative views, such as opposition to abortion and LGBTQ+ rights. They envision a counter-revolution in which they take over government bureaucracy and institutions such as universities from within, replacing entrenched “elites” with their own and acting upon their vision of the “common good”. 2025 April 19, “JD Vance had ‘exchange of opinions’ with senior cardinal, Vatican says”, in The Guardian, sourced from Associated Press, →ISSN:
2. (countable, uncountable) A good that is rivalrous and nonexcludable.
3. (Scotland, countable, uncountable) The corporate property of a burgh in Scotland.

Forms

Coordinates

commons · public good · common land · club good · common ground · common cause · private good

Synonyms

public interest · public good · res publica · CPR · common-pool resource

Translations (22)

da almenvel (general interest of the population as a whole) · ru о́бщее бла́го (general interest of the population as a whole) · cy lles cyffredin (a good that is rivalrous and nonexcludable) · pl dobro prywatne (a good that is rivalrous and nonexcludable) · cmn 公益 (general interest of the population as a whole) · enm comun wele (general interest of the population as a whole) · cy lles cyffredin (general interest of the population as a whole) · it bene comune (general interest of the population as a whole) · it risorse comuni (a good that is rivalrous and nonexcludable) · es bien común (general interest of the population as a whole) · ja 公益 (general interest of the population as a whole) · pt bem comum (general interest of the population as a whole) · de Allgemeinwohl (general interest of the population as a whole) · fi yhteinen omaisuus (a good that is rivalrous and nonexcludable) · fi yhteinen hyvä (a good that is rivalrous and nonexcludable) · fi yleinen hyvä (general interest of the population as a whole) · fr bien commun (general interest of the population as a whole) · de Gemeinwohl (general interest of the population as a whole) · fr bien commun (a good that is rivalrous and nonexcludable) · pl dobro wspólne (general interest of the population as a whole) · th ประโยชน์ส่วนรวม (general interest of the population as a whole) · fi yhteishyödyke (a good that is rivalrous and nonexcludable)