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Meaning of COLLECTIVISM

Pronunciation:  ku'lektu`vizum

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a political theory that the people should own the means of production
  2. [n]  a form of communism based on the writings of Marx and Lenin
 
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 Synonyms: bolshevism, Leninism, Marxism, Marxism-Leninism, sovietism
 
 See Also: communism, ideology, political orientation, political theory, revisionism

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
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