Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Relating to collectivism: Describing a system, principle, or practice that emphasizes collective or state ownership and control over resources and the means of production, prioritizing the group over the individual.
   • Prioritizing the group: Characterizing a belief or behavior that values the goals, needs, and well-being of a community or society as a whole above those of individual members.

2. Noun:

   • An advocate of collectivism: A person who supports the political or economic theory of collectivism.
   • A left-wing person: A person who belongs to or supports the political left, often associated with socialist or communist ideologies that favor collective action and ownership.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • The community's collectivist approach ensured that all decisions were made for the common good.
  • Their economic model is highly collectivist, with resources distributed according to need.

• Noun:

  • As a collectivist, she believes in public ownership of key industries.
  • The political party was founded by collectivists who opposed private property.

Advanced Usage

• "Collectivist ideology": A system of ideas based on collectivism.

  • The revolution was driven by a strong collectivist ideology.

• "Collectivist society": A society organized around collectivist principles.

  • In a collectivist society, individual ambitions are often secondary to group harmony.

Variants and Related Words

• Collectivism (n): The political or economic theory advocating collective control.

  • Collectivism is a central tenet of their philosophy.

• Collectivistic (adj): Another adjective form meaning relating to collectivism.

  • The policy had a collectivistic character.

• Collectivize (v): To organize something according to the principles of collectivism, especially to bring private property under state or collective control.

  • The government sought to collectivize agriculture.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Communal, socialist, communalist.
• Noun: Socialist, leftist, communalist.

Antonyms

• Adjective: Individualistic, laissez-faire.
• Noun: Individualist, capitalist, libertarian.

Adjective

1. subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively

Noun

1. a person who belongs to the political left