Definition of Collectivism

1. Noun. Soviet communism.

Exact synonyms: Bolshevism, Sovietism
Generic synonyms: Communism
Specialized synonyms: Revisionism, Revisionism
Derivative terms: Bolshevist, Bolshevistic, Collectivist, Collectivistic

2. Noun. A political theory that the people should own the means of production.

Definition of Collectivism

1. n. The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism.

Definition of Collectivism

1. Noun. An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Collectivism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Collectivism

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collective unconscious
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collector's edition

Literary usage of Collectivism

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

1. Principles of Political Economy by Charles Gide (1902)
"Collectivism. Collectivism is a milder form of communism. It proposes to leave undivided only the instruments of production, ie land and capital, ..."

2. The Contemporary Review (1893)
"THE LIMITS OF Collectivism. ... which alone collectivism is concerned (because from it alone can collectivism be born), either the capitalist must Pule, ..."

3. Government Or Human Evolution by Edmond Kelly (1901)
"CHAPTER V PRACTICAL WORKING OF Collectivism § 1. INTRODUCTORY THE previous chapters having laid down a few of the general principles of the collectivism ..."

4. Evolution by Atrophy in Biology and Sociology by Jean Demoor, Jean Massart, Émile Vandervelde (1899)
"vestiges of archaic collectivism. The question arises as to whether there is a tendency in the modern school of collectivism to resuscitate such vestiges as ..."

5. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism: A Study of Machine Production by John Atkinson Hobson (1901)
"The "raison d'etre" of Progressive Collectivism. § 7. Collectivism follows the line of Monopoly. § 8. Cases of "Arrested Development:'" the Sweating Trades. ..."

6. Lectures on the Relation Between Law & Public Opinion in England During the by Albert Venn Dicey (1905)
"(A) Principles of Collectivism The fundamental principle which is accepted bv every man who leans towards any form of socialism or collectivism, ..."

7. The Elements of Political Economy by Emile de Laveleye (1884)
"Collectivism and the Organisation of Labour. ... Like communism, collectivism assigns to society the possession of the materials of production, ..."

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