gemeinschaftsgefuhl

noun

"Community feeling" or "social interest"; used by Adlerian psychologists to describe the state of social connectedness and interest in the well-being of others that characterizes psychological health.

OriginGerman Gemeinschaftsgefühl →
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Meanings

noungemeinschaftsgefuhl (uncountable)
  1. literallyuncountable"Community feeling" or "social interest"; used by Adlerian psychologists to describe the state of social connectedness and interest in the well-being of others that characterizes psychological health.

    Lazarsfeld postulated that the "neurotic" is convinced that he cannot compete with others and this leads to fear and avoidance of gemeinschaftgefuhl^([sic]) …

    1963, Ernest Adolf Spiegel, editor, Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry: Volume 18, Digitized edition (Psychiatry), Grune & Stratton, published 2007, page 550

Origin

  1. GermanGemeinschaftsgefühl
  2. Englishgemeinschaftsgefuhl

From German Gemeinschaftsgefühl, from Gemeinschaft (“community, neighborship”) + Gefühl (“feeling”).

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