community of interests
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3.3
- noun
- During the conference, various groups formed a community of interests to promote sustainable development initiatives.
Examples
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Despite a formal community of interests, neighbors had no qualms about testifying in court against one another, and thus for the estate—for example, in cases of wood theft.
Academic text (1995) -
You could make a strong case, it seems to me, that in all of them there is a community of interests of all member statements to the agreement, and that it should be determined in an appropriate way.
Academic text (1997) -
I suppose that I am old-fashioned enough to believe that the purpose of an education is to enable one to develop a community of interest with his fellow men, to learn to know them, and to learn how to get along with them.
Blog text (5) -
It would seem to me that what you wish to do is to establish a community of interest with as many people as you possibly can.
Blog text (5) -
Not only does anti-Americanism make rational discussion impossible, it threatens the idea of a community of interests between Europe and America.
Academic text (2003) -
These subjects might give you a community of interest with a few isolated impractical dreamers and a select group of college professors.
Blog text (5) -
The organization aims to create a community of interests among environmental activists and local businesses.
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The nonprofit helps students find a community of interests by connecting them with mentors who share similar goals.
Synonyms
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A group of people who share a common purpose or interest
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Shared ideas or interests that help people agree and work together
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2.8
A shared feeling among people with the same interests or goals
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Agreement and harmony between people or things
Antonyms
How Aligned
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4.3
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase's meaning is directly compositional: 'community' (a group or state of people together) combined with 'of interests' (shared concerns or aims) yields a group united by common interests. This is a transparent, cross-linguistically common construction (e.g., Spanish/French equivalents), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Community of interests paints a simple image of different people or groups coming together because they care about the same things. The word community shows a group and interests shows what they care about, so it means 'a group that shares goals or concerns'.