Gesellschaft (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural ge·sell·schaf·ten [German guh-zel-shahf-tuhn]. /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. 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. a social group held together by practical concerns, formal and impersonal relationships, etc
Gesellschaft (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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