Collective responsibility means irresponsibility.
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Collective
//kəˈlɛktɪv//
Synonyms for "collective" (97 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (48)
Related word relations
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More general
1 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
has context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
62 translations across 24 languages.
Belarusian
4 entries- збо́рны adj (formed by gathering or collecting)
- збо́рны adj (in grammar)
- калекты́ўны adj (having plurality of origin or authority)
- калекты́ў noun (group)
Breton
1 entries- strollder noun (in grammar)
Bulgarian
3 entries- колекти́вен adj (having plurality of origin or authority)
- събира́телен adj (in grammar)
- колекти́в noun (group)
Catalan
2 entries- col·lectiu adj (in grammar)
- col·lectiu noun (group)
Dutch
4 entries- collectief adj (formed by gathering or collecting)
- collectief adj (in grammar)
- collectief noun (group)
- verzamelnaam noun (in grammar)
Esperanto
2 entries- kolektiva adj (having plurality of origin or authority)
- kolektivo noun (group)
Finnish
4 entries- kokoava adj (tending to collect; forming a collection)
- kollektiivinen adj (in grammar)
- yhteinen adj (formed by gathering or collecting)
- yhteinen adj (having plurality of origin or authority)
French
1 entries- collectif noun (in grammar)
German
1 entries- Kollektiv noun (group)
Greek
4 entries- περιληπτικός adj (in grammar)
- περιληπτική έννοια noun (in grammar)
- περιληπτικό όνομα noun (in grammar)
- συλλογικότητα noun (group)
Indonesian
1 entries- kolektif adj (formed by gathering or collecting)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- جَمْعی adj (formed by gathering or collecting)
- جَمْعی adj (having plurality of origin or authority)
Italian
3 entries- collettivo adj (formed by gathering or collecting)
- collettivo adj (in grammar)
- comune adj (tending to collect; forming a collection)
Kazakh
1 entries- ұжымдық adj (formed by gathering or collecting)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kuopinis adj (in grammar)
Malay
1 entries- kolektif adj (formed by gathering or collecting)
Māori
3 entries- tōpūtanga adj (formed by gathering or collecting)
- kiritōpū noun (group)
- tōpūtanga noun (group)
Polish
1 entries- zbiorowy adj (in grammar)
Portuguese
2 entries- coletivo noun (in grammar)
- coletivo noun (group)
Russian
4 entries- коллекти́вный adj (having plurality of origin or authority)
- сбо́рный adj (formed by gathering or collecting)
- собира́тельный adj (tending to collect; forming a collection)
- собира́тельный adj (in grammar)
Spanish
3 entries- colectivo adj (tending to collect; forming a collection)
- colectivo adj (in grammar)
- colectivo noun (group)
Tajik
1 entries- ҷамъӣ adj (formed by gathering or collecting)
Ukrainian
4 entries- збі́рний adj (formed by gathering or collecting)
- збі́рний adj (in grammar)
- колекти́вний adj (having plurality of origin or authority)
- колго́сп noun (state farm)
Welsh
1 entries- enw torfol noun (in grammar)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
And when innocents in Bosnia and Darfur are slaughtered, that is a stain on our collective conscience.
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Collective rules are not set straightaway but progressively win recognition.
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Many people easily understand the injustice of the current language situation in the world where English dominates. But they also see the collective advantages, as for example a relatively good and direct communication between intellectuals and leaders of different languages through the English language, and the personal advantages as their own knowledge of the English language. About a neutral language such as Esperanto, one does not know much and does not seek information.
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