COLLECTIVISTIC
təˌvɪz noun
the political principle of centralized social and economic control, especially of all means of production.
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collectivism (kəˈlɛktɪˌvɪzəm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the principle of ownership of the means of production, by the state or the people |
| 2. | a social system based on this principle |
| col'lectivist | |
| —n | |
| collecti'vistic | |
| —adj | |
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| collectivism (kəˈlɛktɪˌvɪzəm) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the principle of ownership of the means of production, by the state or the people |
| 2. | a social system based on this principle |
| col'lectivist | |
| —n | |
| collecti'vistic | |
| —adj | |
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collectivism
1880, in socialist theory, from collective + -ism. Related: Collectivist (1882 as both n. and adj.), collectivization (1890).
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