subcommunity
- noun
- /ˌsʌb.kəˈmjuː.nɪ.ti/
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subcomunidad
- In our town, there is a lively subcommunity of artists who showcase their work at local events.
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These abusive subcommunities are often created and fueled by problems in mainstream society.
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Since there is no way to perfectly square the rights of toleration for subcommunities with the rights of autonomy for children, we need to keep cobbling together an imperfect response for the present, but for the long term, it is all that much more important that we fight to make our broader society more free from discrimination and just in terms of income inequality, access to healthcare, and education.
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The community of the Church represented a relatively self-enclosed subcommunity of the larger society.
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WHS's largest subcommunity is the Spanish-speaking students, and there were only a handful of books in Spanish.
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The major outcome of the workshop was that there is definitely a need for AI research subcommunities to meet and discuss the topics on the border between the subareas.
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Tattooing is, of course, the largest and best-known subcommunity inside body modification, and historically it has made the biggest impact to date on the human experience.
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(That, of course, did not prevent many of the Scotch-Irish and others from establishing quite isolated and distinct subcommunities, such as in Appalachia.)
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To preserve their privileged position against leveling influences, he argues, the elite or elites founded private sporting "status subcommunities" like the exclusive New York Yacht Club, the New York Athletic Club, and later, the suburban country clubs.
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Building on Benedict Anderson's notion of "imagined community" (1991), there must be visible or invisible connections either binding individuals or superficially separating subcommunities.
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In his 1977 essay on "subcommunities," Benjamin Rader argued that immigrants faced with the dilemma of acceptance or recognition from the majority society formed their own sporting clubs to resist or advance their acculturation and assimilation.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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5.4
A group inside a larger society with different values or interests
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6.4
A group within a larger population that share similar traits
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7.1
A small group inside a larger clan that shares an ancestor and customs
A smaller group within a larger group that focuses on one area
A small group of people inside a larger tribe with its own leader
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Etymology
Subcommunity comes from the part sub-, meaning 'under' or 'smaller part', and community, meaning 'a group of people who live, work, or share interests together'. So, a subcommunity is simply a smaller group inside a larger community, often with closer ties or shared interests.