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communal adjective [ ˈkɒmjʊn(ə)l ]

• shared by all members of a community; for common use.
• "a communal bathroom and kitchen"
Similar: shared, joint, common, general, public, collective, cooperative, community, communalist, united, combined, pooled, mass,
Opposite: private, individual,
• (of conflict) between different communities, especially those having different religions or ethnic origins.
• "violent communal riots"
Origin: early 19th century (in the sense ‘relating to a commune, especially the Paris Commune’): from French, from late Latin communalis, from communis (see common).


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