communality

noun — 3 senses

communality

noun

UK /ˌkɒmjʊˈnalɪti/ · US /ˌkɑmjuˈnæləti/

Etymology From communal + -ity; compare earlier commonalty, commonality.

1

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

The extent to which something is communal.

3

Mathematics, Sciences A measure of variance in factor analysis.

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