sense of belonging
Feeling at home
A sense of belonging is the feeling of being accepted and included within a group, place, or community.
It implies connection—that you fit in and are valued by others.
The phrase often appears in discussions of identity, mental health, and social needs: She finally found a sense of belonging at her new school.
Humans have a fundamental need for a sense of belonging.
- inclusionBeing made part
- communityCollective of connected people
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- identityWho someone is
- connectionA joining or relation
finding your people · solidarity · social bonds · trust · inner circle · home · rootedness · fellowship · kinship · mattering · camaraderie · team spirit · workplace · friendship · self-worth · tribe · belongingness · attachment
- life valuesfamily time, health, happiness, spirituality, ethics
sense of belongingalienation
State of being isolated
isolation · estrangement · loneliness · social exclusion · disconnection
sense of belongingrootlessness
State of having no anchor
displacement · homelessness · uprootedness · exile · foreignness