different between togetherness vs communitas

English

Etymology

together +? -ness

Noun

togetherness (countable and uncountable, plural togethernesses)

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being together.
   • 2005, Kimberly Joyce in Pretty Persuasion:

     My hope is that the fair will not only raise money for the drama club, but also - kind of - foster a spirit of togetherness among the multicultural community here at Roxbury.
2. (countable) The result or product of being together.

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin comm?nit?s. Doublet of community.

Noun

communitas

1. An unstructured community in which people are equal.
2. The very spirit of community; an intense community spirit, the feeling of great social equality, solidarity, and togetherness.

Quotations

Latin

Etymology

From comm?nis (“common, public”) +? -t?s.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kom?mu?.ni.ta?s/, [k?m?mu?n?t?ä?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom?mu.ni.tas/, [k?m?mu?nit??s]

Noun

comm?nit?s f (genitive comm?nit?tis); third declension

1. a community
2. public spirit, a sense of duty and willingness to serve one's community

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

• comm?ni?
• comm?nis

Descendants

References

• communitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• communitas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• communitas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• communitas in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016