Dictionary

communality en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌkɒmjʊˈnaləti/ (UK)
• /ˌkɑmjuˈnæləti/ (US)
• /ˌkɑmjəˈnæləti/ (US)
• /ˌkɒmjʊˈnalɪti/ (UK)
• /ˌkɒmjəˈnaləti/ (UK)
• /ˌkɒmjəˈnalɪti/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English communal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English communality From communal + -ity; compare earlier commonalty, commonality.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) The extent to which something is communal.
3. (countable, uncountable) A measure of variance in factor analysis.

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