collectivization
/kə,lektivai'zeiʃn/
Definition
Noun: 1. The process or policy of organizing a nation's agriculture or economy on the basis of collectivism: This involves bringing privately owned land, farms, and other means of production under collective or state ownership and control. 2. The act of making something collective: The transition from individual to shared ownership and management.
Usage
- Collectivization is primarily used as an uncountable noun to describe a large-scale historical or political process.
- It is most commonly associated with 20th-century socialist and communist states.
- Example: The government's policy of collectivization fundamentally changed the structure of rural society.
Examples
- The rapid collectivization of farms in the 1930s led to significant social upheaval.
- Historians debate the economic effectiveness of agricultural collectivization.
- The book analyzes the collectivization of industry under the new regime.
Advanced Usage
- Forced collectivization: This term specifies that the process was imposed by the state, often against the will of the population, and is frequently used in historical analysis.
- The period of forced collectivization resulted in widespread famine.
Variants and Related Words
- Collectivize (verb): To organize based on collectivism.
- The state moved to collectivize all arable land.
- Collective (noun/adjective): A farm or enterprise owned and run jointly by its members; done by people acting as a group.
- He worked on a collective for twenty years.
- Collectivism (noun): The political theory or practice of collective control, especially over production and distribution.
Synonyms
- Nationalization (specifically for state takeover of industry)
- Communization
- Socialization (of property/means of production)
Antonyms
- Privatization
- Denationalization
- Individual ownership
Related Phrases/Concepts
- Collective farm: A farm, especially in communist countries, formed by combining small individual holdings into a single unit for joint operation under state supervision. This is a key institution resulting from agricultural collectivization.
- Kolkhoz: The Russian term for a collective farm, often used in historical contexts discussing Soviet collectivization.
Noun
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the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism
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