col·lec·tiv·ism
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| the political principle of centralized social and economic control, esp. of all means of production. |
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col·lec·tiv·ist, noun, adjective
col·lec·tiv·is·tic, adjective
col·lec·tiv·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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collectivism
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n. The principles or system of ownership and control of the means of production and distribution by the people collectively, usually under the supervision of a government. col·lec'tiv·ist n., col·lec'tiv·is'tic adj., col·lec'tiv·is'ti·cal·ly adv. |
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| 1. | Soviet communism [syn: Bolshevism] |
| 2. | a political theory that the people should own the means of production |
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Collectivism
Col*lect"iv*ism\, n. [Cf. F. collectivisme.] (Polit. Econ.) The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism. --W. G. Summer.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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