gemeinschaftsgefuhl

English

Etymology

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

Noun

gemeinschaftsgefuhl (uncountable)

  1. (literally) "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.
    • 1963, Ernest Adolf Spiegel, editor, Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry: Volume 18, Digitized edition (Psychiatry), Grune & Stratton, published 2007, page 550:
      Lazarsfeld postulated that the "neurotic" is convinced that he cannot compete with others and this leads to fear and avoidance of gemeinschaftgefuhl[sic]
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