Collectivism

noun

noun ·5 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a political theory that the people should own the means of production wordnet
  3. 3
    The practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Soviet communism wordnet

Example

More examples

"Algeria forced collectivism upon farmers in the 1970s and 1980s."

Etymology

From collective + -ism.

Related phrases

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