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discommunity en · NOUN

Etymology

From dis- + community.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) 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 Murray, […], →OCLC, page 532: