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collectivist

Variant of collectivism

noun

the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution by the people collectively; socialism

Origin: Fr collectivisme (c. 1880): see collective & -ism

Related Forms:

collectivist noun, adjective
collectivistic adjective

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