The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Collectivism — • The term is sometimes employed as a substitute for socialism Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Collectivism Collectivism … Catholic encyclopedia
collectivism — col‧lec‧tiv‧is‧m [kəˈlektɪvɪzm] noun [uncountable] ECONOMICS when the state plans and controls the economy of a country and owns the means of production and distribution: • The Labour Party has moved away from its traditional objectives of… … Financial and business terms
collectivism — index pool Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
collectivism — 1880, in socialist theory, from COLLECTIVE (Cf. collective) + ISM (Cf. ism). Related: Collectivist (1882 as both n. and adj.), collectivization (1890) … Etymology dictionary
collectivism — ► NOUN 1) the giving of priority to a group over each individual in it. 2) the ownership of land and the means of production by the people or the state. DERIVATIVES collectivist adjective & noun collectivize (also collectivise) verb … English terms dictionary
collectivism — [kə lek′tə viz΄əm] n. [Fr collectivisme ( c. 1880): see COLLECTIVE & ISM] the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution by the people collectively; socialism collectivist n., adj. collectivistic adj … English World dictionary
Collectivism — For the magazine, see Collectivism (magazine). Collectivism is any philosophic, political, economic or social outlook that emphasizes the interdependence of every human in some collective group and the priority of group goals over individual… … Wikipedia
collectivism — collectivist, n., adj. collectivistic, adj. collectivistically, adv. /keuh lek teuh viz euhm/, n. the political principle of centralized social and economic control, esp. of all means of production. [1875 80; < F collectivisme; see COLLECTIVE,… … Universalium
collectivism — [[t]kəle̱ktɪvɪzəm[/t]] N UNCOUNT Collectivism is the political belief that a country s industries and services should be owned and controlled by the state or by all the people in a country. Socialism and communism are both forms of collectivism … English dictionary
collectivism — The political theory that regards the collective as the fundamental unit of social authority; it is usually opposed both to liberal individualism, and to the larger authority of the state. A collective is a self governing association of… … Philosophy dictionary
