noncommunal

Examples

• All

• She enjoyed the noncommunal areas of the library where she could study alone.

• The artist preferred a noncommunal workspace to focus on their individual projects without distractions.

• In addition, a set of "apex" and "central" institutions exist to address the noncommunal aspects of Ismaili social life.

  Academic text (1998)

• The communal and noncommunal institutions serve a dual purpose for the Ismaili community in Tanzania.

  Academic text (1998)

• The primary noncommunal umbrella organization that integrates these institutions is the Aga Khan Development Network.

  Academic text (1998)

• Homes can be classified as communal or noncommunal (Altman and Chemers 1980).

  Academic text (1998)

• The noncommunal organizations associated with the Aga Khan Development Network serve as a link to other Asian, white, and black African communities in Tanzania (and in East Africa).

  Academic text (1998)

• It is true that, during the same period, many noncommunal communities grew up and flourished only to be abandoned in the end, and there are certainly a number of instances of hostility on the part of the surrounding society.

  Academic text (1993)

• Within this arena, the spirit is intensely self-centered, individualistic, and, with the exception of performers and the familiar folk that one arrived with, studiously noncommunal.

  Academic text (1999)

• Throughout the nineteenth century, the global Ismaili community developed a set of transnational, communal, and noncommunal institutions that served to regulate almost every facet of their religious and secular lives.

  Academic text (1998)

Synonyms

P

private

vsnoncommunal

∞ 1.8

For one person or group only and not open to others

is more general in use and not limited to intended belongings

N

nonsocial

vsnoncommunal

• Specialized

7.3

Not living in groups or colonies

emphasizes lack of group participation rather than intended ownership

N

noncolonial

vsnoncommunal

• Specialized

6.7

Made of single animals or cells that live alone rather than in groups

is broader, applying separateness to any situation not involving a community

Antonyms

C

communal

41 3.9

Shared by all people in a group, like a garden or food

S

shared

1 1.0

Used, held, or felt by more than one group of people

How Communal

communal

41 3.9

shared

1 1.0

noncommunal

7.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology