gesellschaft








noun, plural ge·sell·schaf·ten [German guhzel-shahf-tuh n] /German gəˈzɛlˌʃɑf tən/. (often initial capital letter)

  1. an association of individuals for common goals, as for entertainment, intellectual, or cultural purposes or for business reasons.
  2. Sociology. a society or group characterized chiefly by formal organization, impersonal relations, the absence of generally held or binding norms, and a detachment from traditional and sentimental concerns, and often tending to be rationalistic and secular in outlook.

noun plural -schaften (German -ʃaftən)

  1. (often capital) a social group held together by practical concerns, formal and impersonal relationships, etcCompare gemeinschaft
n.

1887, “social relationship based on duty to society or an organization,” from German Gesellschaft, from geselle “companion” + -schaft “-ship.”

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