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English
Etymology
From German Gemeinschaftsgefühl, from Gemeinschaft (“community, neighborship”) + Gefühl (“feeling”).
Noun
gemeinschaftsgefuhl (uncountable)
- (literally) "Community feeling" or "social interest"; used by Adlerian psychologists to describe the state of social connectedness and interest in the well-being of others that characterizes psychological health.
1963, Ernest Adolf Spiegel, editor, Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry: Volume 18, Digitized edition (Psychiatry), Grune & Stratton, published 2007, page 550:Lazarsfeld postulated that the "neurotic" is convinced that he cannot compete with others and this leads to fear and avoidance of gemeinschaftgefuhl …