Definition of Collectivize

1. Verb. Bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises.

Exact synonyms: Collectivise
Generic synonyms: Organise, Organize
Derivative terms: Collective, Collectivisation, Collective, Collectivization

Definition of Collectivize

1. Verb. To organize a farm or industrial enterprise on the basis of collective control ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Collectivize

1. [v -VIZED, -VIZING, -VIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Collectivize

collectivisation
collectivisations
collectivise
collectivised
collectivises
collectivising
collectivism
collectivisms
collectivist
collectivistic
collectivists
collectivities
collectivity
collectivization
collectivizations
collectivize
collectivized
collectivizes
collectivizing
collector
collector's edition
collector's item
collector lane
collector of internal revenue
collectorate
collectorates
collectors
collectorship
collectorships
collectour

Literary usage of Collectivize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rice Market Liberalization and Poverty in Viet Nam by Nicholas Minot, Francesco Goletti (2000)
"Nonetheless, attempts to collectivize agriculture in the south actually resulted in lower ... With the relaxation of attempts to collectivize the south, ..."

2. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"A campaign was opened to collectivize agriculture and by 1952 practically the entire economy had been " socialized. ..."

3. The German Socialist Party: Champion of the First Republic, 1918-1933 by William Harvey Maehl (1986)
"... socializing tendencies.76 Thus, in both Prussia and Bavaria the only historic opportunity to nationalize the land or collectivize agriculture was lost. ..."

4. Socialism: Promise Or Menace? by Morris Hillquit, John Augustine Ryan (1914)
"'Collectivize credit, transport, exchange, and all subsidiary manufacture, but individualize culture.'" 1 By a referendum vote of two to one, the Socialist ..."

5. Genocide in Iraq: the anfal campaign against the Kurds by George Black (1993)
"He later confided to aides: When we made the decision to destroy and collectivize the villages and draw a dividing line between us and the saboteurs, ..."

6. Socioeconomic Renovation in Viet Nam: The Origin, Evolution, and Impact of by Boothroyd, Peter, Xuân Nam Phạm (2000)
"In the south, efforts to collectivize agriculture after 1976 were only partially successful. Thus, there was never a complete move from household to ..."

7. Jacques Loeb: His Science and Social Activism and Their Philosophical by Charles Rasmussen, Rick Tilman (1998)
"... abortive efforts to collectivize agricultural resources and communize the rest of the political economy failed and the regime collapsed after a few ..."

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