Collectivist

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. [⟨ collective + -ist; = French collectiviste.] A believer in the principle of collectivism; especially, one who holds that the materials of production, as the soil, should belong to the people at large.
  • Believing in the principle of collectivism.
  • Pertaining to or of the nature of collectivism; founded on the principle of collectivism.
  • Relating or belonging to the collectivists: as, a collectivist writer.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An advocate of collectivism.
  • adjective. Relating to, characteristic of, or advocating, collectivism.
  • adjective. operating under collectivist principles.
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  • adjective. of or pertaining to collectivism
  • noun. an advocate of collectivism
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  • noun. a person who belongs to the political left
  • adjective. subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively
  • Word Usage
    "Of course, as is widely known, the last twenty-five years have witnessed a renewed interest in collectivist analyses of liberal society ” though the term ˜collectivist™ is abjured in favor of ˜communitarian™."
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