collectivization

American  

[kuh-lek-tuh-vahy-zey-shuhn] / kəˌlɛk təˌvaɪˈzeɪ ʃən /

especially British, collectivisation

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.

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Etymology

Origin of collectivization

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

Example Sentences

Ukrainian villages have bounced back before, from war, famine and collectivization.

From New York Times

In addition to the collectivization of farms, the Five-Year Plans also aimed to industrialize the USSR.

From Literature

There, she discovered that Mao’s earlier experiment with collectivization had been a disaster.

From New York Times

Forced collectivization of agriculture under Joseph Stalin, Lenin’s successor as the Soviet leader, drove a wave of famine in the early 1930s.

From New York Times

No, China is probably not headed for another famine like the one that killed millions as a result of Mao’s insistence on a disruptive bid for simultaneous industrialization and agriculture collectivization between 1958 and 1962.

From Washington Post