community trust

Shared local faith

Community trust is the collective confidence members of a group have in each other and in shared institutions.

It develops through repeated positive interactions and shared norms: Community trust eroded after the scandal.

The term also refers to a legal entity that holds property or assets for the benefit of a community: The land was transferred to a community trust.

Related

mutual aid · good faith · bond · solidarity · support · giving back · reliability · local · goodwill · public good · cooperation · social capital · shared · civic · grassroots · togetherness · social · lending

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Opposites
social cohesion

community trustmutual distrust

Shared lack of faith

social alienation · anomie · social isolation

social confidence

community trustcynicism

Distrust of human sincerity

wariness · paranoia · social anxiety

orientation toward others

community truststranger danger

Caution toward unknown individuals

insularity · xenophobia · tribalism · siege mentality · social withdrawal

Family

community, trust, commune, communal, communally, communion, communism, communist, communicate

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G