intercommunal
- adjective
- /ˌɪntərkəˈmjunəl/
- The intercommunal festival brought together people from different backgrounds to celebrate their cultures.
- intercommunal strife
- intercommunal violence
- intercommunal conflict
Examples
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The greater the salience of the intercommunal strife, the greater the polarization between left and right.
Academic text (1996) -
I think Singaporean history shows examples of internal, inter-racial/intercommunal violence and tension that has since abated.
Blog text (24) -
But intercommunal cooperation and education in themselves are not sufficient explanations for survival.
Academic text (1993) -
First beginning in February 1992, it orchestrated and engineered the worst intercommunal violence in the nation's history.
Academic text (1994) -
In Kosovo, signs abound that the area has been poisoned by intercommunal violence.
Academic text (2005) -
While scholars have written extensively on Black positions on Zionism and the Arab-Israeli conflict, they have generally paid insufficient attention to intercommunal work between Arab Americans and African Americans.
Academic text (2018) -
The UN first began to divide Turkish Cypriot minority enclaves from the Greek Cypriot majority in 1964 after outbreaks of intercommunal violence.
Academic text (2007) -
At the operational level, in his capacity as Chief of Staff of UNFICYP in 1968, Brigadier Harbottle arranged intercommunal meetings at which UN officers presided over exchanges of assurances of freedom of movement and goodwill between the communities.
Academic text (1995) -
The government implemented policies to promote intercommunal dialogue and understanding among diverse groups.
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Recent intercommunal projects have helped bridge the gap between neighboring villages and foster cooperation.
Synonyms
Happening between different communities or groups
Happening between nearby towns and cities
Connecting people in different places to share ideas or work together
Happening between two or more groups
Happening between different groups of people
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word intercommunal is made of inter- meaning 'between' and communal, which is like community and means 'shared by a group'. So, intercommunal describes things that happen 'between different communities'.