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Communitarian 

a person or political party completely void of thought or reason. One void of the ability to think, who enjoys having their rights taken away.
If John McCain and Barack Obama had gay butt sex, their butt baby would be a communitarian.
Communitarian by Rambojoe2323 February 18, 2009

Communitarian Ethology

The study of animal behavior that prioritizes the community or group as the fundamental unit of analysis, rather than the individual. Where a standard ethologist might ask how a specific bird learns its song, a communitarian ethologist asks how that song functions to maintain the cohesion and identity of the entire flock. It emphasizes belonging, shared rituals, and the ways individuals sacrifice personal interests for the stability and continuity of the collective.
Example: "The way the meerkats posted sentries while others fed wasn't just altruism; from a communitarian ethology perspective, it was the community maintaining its own defensive infrastructure."

Communitarian Sociobiology

The application of sociobiological principles to understand how communities, not just individuals, evolve and perpetuate themselves. It explores the biological and evolutionary underpinnings of group identity, social cohesion, collective decision-making, and the deep-seated instinct to belong. It asks: How does natural selection shape the bonds that hold a tribe together? What biological mechanisms make us willing to die for a flag or a team? It's the study of the "hive mind" as a biological reality.
Example: "His fierce loyalty to a corporation that would fire him in a heartbeat puzzled me, until I viewed it through communitarian sociobiology—he was acting on an ancient instinct to bond with his tribe, even a fake one."

Communitarian Anthropology

The study of human societies that centers the community, the collective, and the commons as the primary source of meaning, identity, and survival. It examines cultures where the individual is understood not as a standalone entity, but as an expression of the group. From shared land ownership to extended kinship systems to rituals that reinforce collective memory, communitarian anthropology documents the myriad ways humans have organized themselves around the principle that "we are, therefore I am."
Example: "Visiting the village where decisions were made by consensus, I felt like I'd stepped into a communitarian anthropology textbook—a place where 'my' opinion didn't exist, only 'our' decision."

Communitarianism 

n. The belief that a society is greater than the sum of its parts, and that the members of an organization ought to work toward improving the organization. Often accused to be "communist" or "fascist".
Communitarianism is perceived to be evil because it opposes the individualistic doctrine of our society.
Communitarianism by DYZTS May 7, 2009

commutarian 

The exact middle of the extreemes of both the Liberal and the Conservative party. Extreeme right being Libertarian, and the extreeme left being communistic. also occasionally associated with Libernist but haveing completely different meaning.
Republican? Democrat? No way dude, Im Commutarian.
commutarian by Claypool08 May 6, 2008
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