communal life
Living with others
Communal life is shared living among a group, typically with common resources, meals, and responsibilities.
The phrase often describes intentional communities—religious orders, kibbutzim, communes—where members pool labor and possessions: She was drawn to the communal life of the monastery.
It can also refer more loosely to any lifestyle emphasizing collective over individual arrangements.
- cooperative housingCollectively owned dwelling
- conflict mediationFacilitated dispute settlement
- solidarityUnity among allies
- mutual aidCooperative community support
- collective memoryCommunity's shared historical recall
tribal society · barn raising · simple living · sustainability · kibbutz · monastery · ecovillage · collectivism · inclusivity · cohousing · equality · privacy concerns · interdependence · living together · Native American tribes · tribal council · village square · medieval monasteries
- monasticismabbeys, abbey, abbots, abbot, cloister
- monasteriesabbey, abbeys, abbot, abbots, abbess
- nunsnun, nuns, sister, sisters, convent
- religious lifereligious vows, religious sisters, religious habit, novitiate, motherhouse
- Russian pastoralpeasants, peasantry, villages, serfs, countryside
- VietnamVietnam, Saigon, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang
communal lifesolitary life
Existence lived alone
living alone · private life · independent living · rugged individualism
communal lifeprivate ownership
Individual control of assets
private property · individual ownership · personal property · single-family home · private enterprise
communal lifeisolation
Complete separation from others
seclusion · solitude · loneliness · alienation · disconnection
communal, commune, community, communes, communities, communally, communion, communism, communist