Collectivism
[kuh-lek-tuh-viz-uh m] /kəˈlɛk təˌvɪz əm/
noun
1.
the political principle of centralized social and economic control, especially of all means of production.
/kəˈlɛktɪˌvɪzəm/
noun
1.
the principle of ownership of the means of production, by the state or the people
2.
a social system based on this principle
n.
1880, in socialist theory, from collective + -ism. Related: Collectivist (1882 as both noun and adjective); collectivization (1890).
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