Sentence examples for communal group from inspiring English sources

In ethnic conflict research, the terms ethnic group, communal group, ethnic community, people, and minority are mostly used interchangeably.

And while it is true that not all members of the African American community - or any communal group for that matter, may experience the collective sense of victimization, absorb the bitter levels of wounding, or express their traumatized selves in violent ways, it is undeniable that generational transmissions of psychic, emotional and dispiriting trauma has a sure influence on multitudes.

They usually remain aloof from any communal group.

Some are close to laboratory-formal exercises, but all demand mind-boggling flexibility, speed and quick thinking from a communal group of energetic dancers.

Charles Vaughan, a police spokesman, said the investigation turned up no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by the Finders, a communal group founded in the 1960's that used two farms here.

At the start of the 21st century, The Family International had about 10,000 members in more than 90 countries, making it the most successful communal group to emerge from the 1960s counterculture era.

Cognitive psychologist Aaron Beck, in his book Prisoners of Hate, describes this phenomenon as "groupness": a collective, communal, group-think-motivated violence.

Yes, it has been a crucial part of the communal groups' intention to intimidate society.

According to some schools of thought, this was an important trigger antagonizing other communal groups and leading in the end to the internecine war.

The durability of the Assad rule has depended not only on coercion and hegemony but also on co-option and the balancing of various interest and communal groups.

"The attempt by communal groups, be they ethnic, religious or tribal, to impose themselves on others aims to eradicate the cultural basis of group identity, and without cultural identity social cohesion gradually dissolves".