community identity
Collective sense of self
Community identity is the sense of belonging and shared characteristics that bind members of a group together—whether based on geography, ethnicity, religion, profession, or shared interests.
It encompasses the values, traditions, and experiences that distinguish one community from another: The neighborhood's community identity was shaped by generations of immigrant families.
Community identity can be a source of pride and solidarity, though it may also create boundaries between insiders and outsiders.
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- old countryImmigrant's ancestral homeland
- neighborhoodsResidential districts of towns
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
solidarity · common ground · storytelling · rituals · town square · block party · values · inclusion · in-group · founding myths · social norms · group dynamics · local traditions · oral history · belonging · communal memory · sense of place · shared history
- Football Fandomfans, supporters, fandom, ultras, fan culture
- Indigenous LanguagesNavajo, Cherokee, Dakota, Lakota, Ojibwe
- sports societysports culture, athlete activism, fandom, gender equity, pay equity
- diaspora languagesPennsylvania Dutch, heritage language, heritage speakers, Yiddish
community identitypersonal identity
One's defining characteristics
self-identity · rugged individualism · self-concept · private self · individualism
community identitysocial alienation
Disconnection from society, self
rootlessness · anomie · social isolation · alienation · disconnection
community identityanonymity
Unknown identity state
facelessness · placelessness · namelessness · obscurity · transience