collectivization

especially British, col·lec·ti·vi·sa·tion

[kuh-lek-tuh-vahy-zey-shuhn]

noun

1. the act or process of organizing a people, industry, enterprise, etc., according to collectivism, an economic system in which control, especially of the means of production, is shared cooperatively or centralized.

   After World War I Russia introduced a full-scale command economy, including the collectivization of agriculture and the nationalization of almost all industrial capital.

2. the act of making something apply to a group of people as a whole rather than as individuals.

   The collectivization of guilt is a tool used to show that the community in which the crimes occurred has yet to become a community that can guarantee they will not be repeated.

Word History and Origins

Origin of collectivization¹

collectiiviz(e) ( def. ) + -ation ( def. )