Communality

Communality generally means a sense of shared connection, ownership, or collective identity within a group.

Depending on context, it can mean:

• Everyday use: The feeling of belonging, togetherness, or shared experience among people.
• Sociology / anthropology: Social bonds formed through shared values, space, practices, or goals.
• Psychology / statistics (factor analysis): The proportion of a variable’s variance explained by common factors shared with other variables.