community work

noun

A form of social work enabling people to articulate their needs and interests within the context of structural issues of groups or social spaces and thus improve their living conditions with empirically sound methods.

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community practicecommunity service
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Meanings

nouncommunity work (countable and uncountable, plural community works)

plural community works

  1. uncountableA form of social work enabling people to articulate their needs and interests within the context of structural issues of groups or social spaces and thus improve their living conditions with empirically sound methods.

    Synonyms: community practice

  2. countableuncountableSynonym of community service.

    Synonyms: community service

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA form of social work enabling people to articulate their needs and interests within the context of structural issues of groups or social spaces and thus improve their living conditions with empirically sound methods.

Similar
community practice

nounSynonym of community service.

Similar
community service

Translations

Finnish yhteisötyö
  • yhteisötyösocial work to enable communities or their members
German Gemeinwesenarbeit
  • Gemeinwesenarbeitsocial work to enable communities or their members
Cite this entry
APA

community work. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/community%20work

MLA

“community work.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/community%20work. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “community work,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/community%20work.

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