forbidden word: community
community
community, noun
plural, communities
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a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
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a locality inhabited by such a group.
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a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists: the community of scholars;
the business community;
the community of scholars;
diversity within a college community;
London’s Jewish and Muslim communities.
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a group of associated nations sharing common interests or a common heritage.
the community of Western Europe.
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Ecclesiastical. a group of men or women leading a common life according to a rule.
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Ecology. an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area.
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joint possession, enjoyment, liability, etc..
community of property.
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similarity; agreement; identity.
community of interests.
- Synonyms:
- likeness, correspondence
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the community, the public; society.
the needs of the community.
community, noun
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the people living in one locality
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the locality in which they live
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( as modifier )
community spirit
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a group of people having cultural, religious, ethnic, or other characteristics in common
the Protestant community
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a group of nations having certain interests in common
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the public in general; society
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common ownership or participation
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similarity or agreement
community of interests
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(in Wales since 1974 and Scotland since 1975) the smallest unit of local government; a subdivision of a district
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ecology a group of interdependent plants and animals inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other through food and other relationships
community, scientific
A group of organisms or populations living and interacting with one another in a particular environment. The organisms in a community affect each other’s abundance, distribution, and evolutionary adaptation. Depending on how broadly one views the interaction between organisms, a community can be small and local, as in a pond or tree, or regional or global, as in a biome.
Usage
What is a community? A community is a social group whose members have something in common, such as a shared government, geographic location, culture, or heritage.Community can also refer to the physical location where such a group lives. It can refer to a town, city, village, or other area with a formal government whose residents share a nationality or culture, as in A group of town citizens decided to clean up the litter in their community. Community can also refer to the people who live in this area, as in Filipe was able to raise money for the city’s homeless shelter with help from the community. More generally, community can refer to a group that shares some trait or quality that separates it from the wider population as in Tracy was excited to find that the Muslim community in her city often held free talks on being a Muslim American. Example: Ria entered politics to help improve the lives of the people in her community.
Related Words
Community, hamlet, village, town, city are terms for groups of people living in somewhat close association, and usually under common rules. Community is a general term, and town is often loosely applied. A commonly accepted set of connotations envisages hamlet as a small group, village as a somewhat larger one, town still larger, and city as very large. Size is, however, not the true basis of differentiation, but properly sets off only hamlet. Incorporation, or the absence of it, and the type of government determine the classification of the others.
Other Word Forms
- communital adjective
- procommunity adjective
Etymology
Origin of community
First recorded in 1325–75; from Latin commūnitās, equivalent to commūni(s) “common” + -tās noun suffix; replacing Middle English comunete, from Middle French, from Latin as above; common, -ty 2;
from — Definition of community. (n.d.).
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example sentences: community
“It would help when you’d have law enforcement back up a community that they serve.”
From Los Angeles Times
A Cardiff rugby club has said dog fouling on its playing fields is a “huge problem” which has been causing tension within the community.
From BBC
Wortsman said they “like to be a presence in the community”, so they hired easily accessible places such as village halls.
From BBC
Protester Shushta Santhana, 24, whose parents emigrated to the United States 30 year ago, said “it’s really cool to see the community come together.”
From Barron’s
The massive facility, originally built as a shopping mall, will be turned into a “sports, cultural and commercial center for police families and neighboring communities,” Rodriguez said.
From Barron’s
January 31st, 2026
Hudson Valley, New York
This is one of the words/ phrases you can’t say in the new Trump Regime. See a comprehensive list at the Forbidden Words Project.
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In fact, any topic that has “received recent attention from Congress” or “widespread or critical media attention” must be flagged for extra scrutiny at the National Cancer Institute, according to an internal memo reported on by ProPublica. And agencies like the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, which works to find scientific solutions to challenges facing the U.S. agriculture industry, must attempt to function without mentioning water, air, soil, or groundwater pollution, or the insidious PFAS chemicals previously recognized as a major health concern to all Americans.
from — Connelly, E. A. (2025, December 22). Federal Government’s Growing Banned Words List Is Chilling Act of Censorship. PEN America.
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