collectivism

[ kuh-lek-tuh-viz-uhm ]

noun

1. the political principle of centralized social and economic control, especially of all means of production.

collectivism

/ kəˈlɛktɪˌvɪzəm /

noun

1. the principle of ownership of the means of production, by the state or the people
2. a social system based on this principle

Derived Forms

• colˌlectiˈvistic, adjective
• colˈlectivist, noun

Other Words From

• col·lectiv·ist noun adjective
• col·lectiv·istic adjective
• col·lectiv·isti·cal·ly adverb
• noncol·lectiv·istic adjective
• procol·lectiv·ism noun
• procol·lectiv·ist adjective noun
• procol·lectiv·istic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of collectivism¹

1875–80; < French collectivisme; collective, -ism

Example Sentences

The first one measures the level of individualism in a given culture, versus collectivism.

From Freakonomics

His late father was a social psychologist who devised a system to rank countries on several dimensions — including their level of individualism versus collectivism.

From Freakonomics

Within the same large nation, regions with higher collectivism had higher mask usage.

From Vox

Parents living in countries with a culture of collectivism, meanwhile, can rely on extended family and friends, even acquaintances, to share in child rearing.

From Science News

This is Russian culture, and in Communist times it became more powerful, this idea of collectivism.

From The Daily Beast

Meerson traces this scarcity of one-man performers back to a culture of collectivism that predates even the Communist revolution.

From The Daily Beast

The conflict between collectivism and individualism has always been overstated.

From The Daily Beast

But anarchism is a logical outgrowth of the anti-intellectual side of collectivism.

From The Daily Beast

It represents a philosophic consistency that rejects the collectivism of social conservatives and public sector unions alike.

From The Daily Beast

We can neglect, too, much of his attack on the economic side of collectivism, which he never really understood.

From Project Gutenberg

Against this competitive struggle now there has grown up a counter-crowd ideal of collectivism.

From Project Gutenberg

But when it means the first step on the road to collectivism, I'll take any Franco who comes along to put an end to it.

From Project Gutenberg

This is the state of things to which Collectivism puts an end.

From Project Gutenberg

Well may Mr. Hobson inquire, "Now, what provision is made for generating the motor power of progress in Collectivism?"

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• socialism