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collectivization

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of collectivizing

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The process of abolishing privately-owned farmland organizing all its workers into large, publicly-owned collectives.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: collectivisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation

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)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English collectivization From collective + -ization.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kolektivizim — the act of collectivizing
  • Armenian: կոլեկտիվացում (kolektivacʻum) — the act of collectivizing
  • Azerbaijani: kollektivləşmə — the act of collectivizing
  • Azerbaijani: kollektivləşdirmə — the act of collectivizing
  • Belarusian: калектывіза́цыя (kaljektyvizácyja) — the act of collectivizing
  • Bulgarian: колективиза́ция (kolektivizácija) — the act of collectivizing
  • Catalan: col·lectivització — the act of collectivizing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 集體化 /集体化 (jítǐhuà) — the act of collectivizing
  • Czech: kolektivizace — the act of collectivizing
  • Dutch: collectivisatie — the act of collectivizing
  • Estonian: kollektiviseerimine — the act of collectivizing
  • Finnish: kollektivisointi — the act of collectivizing
  • French: collectivisation — the act of collectivizing
  • Galician: colectivización — the act of collectivizing
  • Georgian: კოლექტივიზაცია (ḳolekṭivizacia) — the act of collectivizing
  • German: Kollektivierung — the act of collectivizing
  • Greek: κολεκτιβοποίηση (kolektivopoíisi) — the act of collectivizing
  • Hungarian: kollektivizálás — the act of collectivizing
  • Hungarian: államosítás — the act of collectivizing
  • Hungarian: téeszesítés — the act of collectivizing
  • Hungarian: társadalmi tulajdonba vétel — the act of collectivizing
  • Italian: collettivizzazione — the act of collectivizing
  • Japanese: 集団化 (shūdanka) — the act of collectivizing
  • Kazakh: ұжымдастыру (ūjymdastyru) — the act of collectivizing
  • Korean: 집단화 (jipdanhwa) — the act of collectivizing
  • Kyrgyz: коллективизация (kollektivizatsiya) — the act of collectivizing
  • Kyrgyz: коллективдештирүү (kollektivdeştirüü) — the act of collectivizing
  • Kyrgyz: коллективдешүү (kollektivdeşüü) — the act of collectivizing
  • Latvian: kolektivizācija — the act of collectivizing
  • Lithuanian: kolektyvizacija — the act of collectivizing
  • Macedonian: колективиза́ција (kolektivizácija) — the act of collectivizing
  • Polish: kolektywizacja — the act of collectivizing
  • Portuguese: coletivização — the act of collectivizing
  • Romanian: colectivizare — the act of collectivizing
  • Russian: коллективиза́ция (kollektivizácija) — the act of collectivizing
  • Serbo-Croatian: колективизација — the act of collectivizing
  • Serbo-Croatian: kolektivizacija — the act of collectivizing
  • Slovak: kolektivizácia — the act of collectivizing
  • Slovene: kolektivizacija — the act of collectivizing
  • Spanish: colectivización — the act of collectivizing
  • Swedish: kollektivisering — the act of collectivizing
  • Tajik: коллективонидан (kollektivonidan) — the act of collectivizing
  • Tajik: коллективизатсия (kollektivizatsiya) — the act of collectivizing
  • Turkish: kolektivizasyon — the act of collectivizing
  • Turkmen: kollektiwleşdirilme — the act of collectivizing
  • Ukrainian: колективіза́ція (kolektyvizácija) — the act of collectivizing
  • Uzbek: kollektivlashtirish — the act of collectivizing
  • Vietnamese: sự tập thể hoá — the act of collectivizing