noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK:[kəˈlɛk.tɪ.vɪ.zm̩]
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1
noun
Meaning 1
An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a political theory that the people should own the means of production
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: political orientation, ideology, political theory
4
noun
Meaning 4
Soviet communism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Bolshevism, sovietism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: communism
Narrower terms: revisionism
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Latin colligō Latin collēctus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin collēctīvusder. Middle French collectifder. English collective Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English collectivism From collective + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Asturian:
coleutivismu
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Belarusian:
калектыві́зм
(kaljektyvízm)
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Catalan:
col·lectivisme
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Chinese Mandarin:
集體主義 /集体主义
(jítǐzhǔyì)
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Dutch:
collectivisme
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Finnish:
kollektivismi
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
French:
collectivisme
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Galician:
colectivismo
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Georgian:
კოლექტივიზმი
(ḳolekṭivizmi)
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
German:
Kollektivismus
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Greek:
κολεκτιβισμός
(kolektivismós)
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Hungarian:
kollektivizmus
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Irish:
aonseilbh
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Italian:
collettivismo
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Japanese:
集産主義
(shūsanshugi)
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Kazakh:
ұжымшылдық
(ūjymşyldyq)
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Macedonian:
колективи́зам
(kolektivízam)
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Manx:
co-hellooderys
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Māori:
angakōpunitanga
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Polish:
kolektywizm
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Portuguese:
coletivismo
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Romanian:
colectivism
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Russian:
коллективи́зм
(kollektivízm)
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Serbo-Croatian:
kolektivizam
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Serbo-Croatian:
колективизам
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Spanish:
colectivismo
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Ukrainian:
колективі́зм
(kolektyvízm)
— A system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively
Swedish:
kollektivism
— The practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it
Thai:
คติรวมหมู่
— The practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it
