Syn. — Excitement; agitation; perturbation; disturbance; tumult; disorder; violence.
COMMOVE
Com*move", v. t. [inp. & p. p. Commoved; p. pr. & vb. n. Commoving.]
Etym: [L. commovere, commotum; com- + movere to move.]
1. To urge; to persuade; to incite. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To put in motion; to disturb; to unsettle. [R.] Straight the sands, Commoved around, in gathering eddies play. Thomson.
COMMUNAL
Com"mu*nal ( or ), a. Etym: [Cf. F. communal.]
Defn: Pertaining to a commune.
COMMUNALISM
Com"mu*nal*ism, n.
Defn: A French theory of government which holds that commune should be a kind of independent state, and the national government a confederation of such states, having only limited powers. It is advocated by advanced French republicans; but it should not be confounded with communism.
COMMUNALIST
Com"mu*nal*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. communaliste.]
Defn: An advocate of communalism.