🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

公民组织

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gōngmín zǔzhī

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Civic-organization/ˈsɪv.ɪk ˌɔːr.ɡən.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这个公民组织致力于改善社区环境。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A voluntary non-profit association of citizens organized to promote the welfare of a community or address public issues.

    "She joined a local civic-organization to help coordinate the neighborhood cleanup initiative."
  2. 2

    Any structured group whose primary purpose is to foster civic engagement, social reform, or community development.

    "The city council partnered with several civic-organizations to host the town hall meeting."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'civic', originating from the Latin 'civis' meaning citizen, with 'organization', derived from the Greek 'organon' via Late Latin. Evolving through the 19th and 20th centuries, it came to specifically denote non-profit, community-based associations formed to advance civic interests and well-being without governmental or commercial motives.

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