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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-lek-tuh-viz-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈlɛk təˌvɪz əm



Definition of collectivism

Origin :
  • 1880, in socialist theory, from collective + -ism. Related: Collectivist (1882 as both noun and adjective); collectivization (1890).
  • As in socialism : noun socialist government
  • As in communism : noun socialist government
Example sentences :
  • The intolerable bureaucracy of collectivism is wholly an imaginary evil.
  • Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
  • But not one of the elements of this collectivism is a novelty.
  • Extract from : « Socialism As It Is » by William English Walling
  • In fact, all its demands may be reduced to two—Collectivism and Democracy.
  • Extract from : « Socialism: Positive and Negative » by Robert Rives La Monte
  • State socialism must not be confused with collectivism, or radical socialism.
  • Extract from : « The Principles of Economics » by Frank A. Fetter
  • War has been, and still is, the school of collectivism, the warrant of tyranny.
  • Extract from : « The Oxford Book of American Essays » by Various
  • What difference, I have been asked, is there between Communism and Collectivism.
  • Extract from : « Anarchism and Socialism » by George Plechanoff
  • This is the state of things to which Collectivism puts an end.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Who Vowed » by Ellison Harding
  • We've had advantages; we've had unity and collectivism blasted into our brains.
  • Extract from : « The World Set Free » by Herbert George Wells
  • Collectivism cannot survive except upon the theory that all the members of the community furnish their quota of work.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Who Vowed » by Ellison Harding
  • I was much interested to learn there the particular form of Collectivism which prevailed in the country districts of New England.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Who Vowed » by Ellison Harding

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