collectivism

[ kuh-lek-tuh-viz-uh m ]

/ kəˈlɛk təˌvɪz əm /

noun

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

Origin of collectivism

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

Related forms

col·lec·tiv·ist, noun, adjectivecol·lec·tiv·is·tic, adjectivecol·lec·tiv·is·ti·cal·ly, adverbnon·col·lec·tiv·is·tic, adjective

pro·col·lec·tiv·ism, nounpro·col·lec·tiv·ist, adjective, nounpro·col·lec·tiv·is·tic, adjective

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Examples from the Web for collectivist

Is it that collectivist cultures such as those in Asia lend themselves to this nature of group sexual crime?
The Psychology of Sex Slave Rings|Charlotte Lytton|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
O is for Obama, the architect, and Obamacare, his legacy: Brave New World or Collectivist Nightmare?
Health Care: A Critic's Index|Tunku Varadarajan|December 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST
It promises to fill this function still more fully and vigorously in proportion as collectivist capitalism develops.
Socialism As It Is|William English Walling
Substantially the same difficulties would confront the government in a collectivist organisation of industry.
Distributive Justice|John A. (John Augustine) Ryan

There are many differences of opinion, however, as to the ultimate effect of the collectivist program.
Socialism As It Is|William English Walling
He was still new to these modern developments of collectivist ideas, this socialism of the employer.
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
He has become by brute force of circumstances a sort of collectivist, puzzled only as to how much of a collectivist to be.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock

British Dictionary definitions for collectivist

collectivism

/ (kəˈlɛktɪˌvɪzəm) /

noun

the principle of ownership of the means of production, by the state or the people

a social system based on this principle

Derived Formscollectivist, nouncollectivistic, adjective

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Word Origin and History for collectivist

collectivism

1880, in socialist theory, from collective + -ism. Related: Collectivist (1882 as both noun and adjective); collectivization (1890).

collectivism

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collectivism

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