Gemeinschaft

n. a type of society or social group based on a community of feeling resulting from shared life experiences and similar beliefs and values (from German, “community”). Familial and kinship relations are an example, although the term can also apply to friendship networks and neighborhood relations. Compare Gesellschaft. [first described in 1887 by German sociologist Ferdinand Julius Tönnies (1855–1936)]

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November 22nd 2024

spaying

n. the surgical removal of the ovaries of a female mammal as a sterilization procedure.