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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The condition of being communal. countable, uncountable

   "There may have been a vague communality of purpose, but we were never a team."

2. 2
   The extent to which something is communal. countable, uncountable
3. 3
   A measure of variance in factor analysis. countable, uncountable

Example

More examples

"There may have been a vague communality of purpose, but we were never a team."

Etymology

From communal + -ity; compare earlier commonalty, commonality.

Related phrases

factor analysis

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