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common

/ˈkɒmən/adjective / noun
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Common describes something shared by all or many members of a group, like a public resource that belongs to everyone rather than individuals. In modern contexts, it often implies something ordinary or widespread, but it can carry a subtle shade of being unremarkable or even undervalued in everyday language.

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The 'tragedy of the commons', a concept linked to the word, was coined by ecologist Garrett Hardin in a 1968 Science journal article and has influenced environmental policy worldwide, showing how shared resources like pastures can lead to depletion if unregulated—it's been cited in over 10,000 academic papers since.

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