communitas

[ kuh-myoo-ni-tahs ]
/ kəˈmyu nɪˌtɑs /

noun Anthropology.

the sense of sharing and intimacy that develops among persons who experience liminality as a group.

Origin of communitas

From Latin; see origin at community

Words nearby communitas

communist international, communist manifesto, communist party, communistic, communitarian, communitas, community, community antenna television, community association, community card, community care

Example sentences from the Web for communitas

  • Ergo communitas qudam et plurimorum inter se differentium similitudo notio est; cujus notionis aliud genus est, aliud forma.

    Aristotle |George Grote

  • The title of Communitas Venetiarum, long disused in actual practice, was formally changed to the Signoria.

    Venice and its Story |Thomas Okey

  • It does not even mean that each burgess holds immediately of the king, the communitas intervening as farmer of the kings rents.

    Domesday Book and Beyond |Frederic William Maitland