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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Meaning relationships
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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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