collectivism

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: col=lec=tiv=ism

CIDE DICTIONARY

collectivism, n. [Cf. F. collectivisme.].

 The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism.  W. G. Summer.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

collectivism, n. the theory and practice of the collective ownership of land and the means of production.

Derivative

collectivist n. collectivistic adj.

THESAURUS

collectivism

Fabian socialism, Fabianism, Marxian socialism, Marxism, Nazism, Saint-Simonism, bipartisanship, centralism, coaction, coadjuvancy, coadministration, coagency, cochairmanship, codirectorship, collaboration, collaborativeness, collective farm, collective ownership, collectivity, collegiality, collusion, commensalism, common effort, common enterprise, common ownership, communal effort, communalism, communion, communism, communitarianism, community, complicity, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, constitutionalism, cooperation, cooperative society, cooperativeness, democracy, democratism, duet, duumvirate, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism, esprit, esprit de corps, fascism, federalism, fellow feeling, fellowship, feudalism, feudality, governmentalism, guild socialism, harmony, imperialism, joining of forces, joint effort, joint operation, kibbutz, kolkhoz, mass action, monarchism, morale, mutual assistance, mutualism, mutuality, national socialism, nationalization, neofascism, octet, parliamentarianism, parliamentarism, phalansterism, pluralism, political principles, pooling, pooling of resources, profit sharing, public ownership, pulling together, quartet, quintet, reciprocity, republicanism, royalism, septet, sextet, sharecropping, socialism, solidarity, state ownership, state socialism, statism, symbiosis, synergism, synergy, team spirit, teamwork, town meeting, trio, triumvirate, troika, united action, utopian socialism

ROGET THESAURUS

collectivism

Government

N government, legal authority, soveriegn, sovereign authority, authority, master, direction, national government, nation, state, country, nation- state, dominion, republic, empire, union, democratic republic, kingdom, principality, state government, state, shire, province, county, canton, territory, duchy, archduchy, archdukedom, woiwodshaft, commonwealth, region, property, county, parish city, domain, tract, arrondissement, mofussil, commune, wappentake, hundred, riding, lathe, garth, soke, tithing, ward, precinct, bailiwick, command, empire, sway, rule, dominion, domination, sovereignty, supremacy, suzerainty, lordship, headship, chiefdom, seigniory, seigniority, rule, sway, command, control, administer, govern, lead, preside over, reign, possess the throne, be seated on the throne, occupy the throne, sway the scepter, wield the scepter, wear the crown, state, realm, body politic, posse comitatus, judicature, cabinet, seat of government, seat of authority, headquarters, accession, installation, politics, reign, regime, dynasty, directorship, dictatorship, protectorate, protectorship, caliphate, pashalic, electorate, presidency, presidentship, administration, proconsul, consulship, prefecture, seneschalship, magistrature, magistracy, monarchy, kinghood, kingship, royalty, regality, aristarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy, theocracy, demagogy, commonwealth, dominion, heteronomy, republic, republicanism, socialism, collectivism, mob law, mobocracy, ochlocracy, vox populi, imperium in imperio, bureaucracy, beadledom, bumbledom, stratocracy, military power, military government, junta, feodality, feudal system, feudalism, thearchy, theocracy, dinarchy, duarchy, triarchy, heterarchy, duumvirate, triumvirate, autocracy, autonomy, limited monarchy, constitutional government, constitutional monarchy, home rule, representative government, monocracy, pantisocracy, gynarchy, gynocracy, gynaeocracy, petticoat government, legislature, judiciary, administration, office of the president, office of the prime minister, cabinet, senate, house of representatives, parliament, council, courts, supreme court, state, interior, labor, health and human services, defense, education, agriculture, justice, commerce, treasury, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, National Institutes of Health, NIH, Postal Service, Post Office, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, president, vice president, cabinet member, prime minister, minister, senator, representatative, president pro tem, speaker of the house, department head, section head, section chief, federal judge, justice, justice of the supreme court, chief justice, treasurer, secretary of the treasury, director of the FBI, governor, state cabinet member, state senator, assemblyman, assemblywoman, regal, sovereign, governing, royal, royalist, monarchical, kingly, imperial, imperiatorial, princely, feudal, aristocratic, autocratic, oligarchic, republican, dynastic, ruling, regnant, gubernatorial, imperious, authoritative, executive, administrative, clothed with authority, official, departmental, ex officio, imperative, peremptory, overruling, absolute, hegemonic, hegemonical, authorized, government, public, national, federal, his majesty's, her majesty's, state, county, city, N, a dog's obeyed in office, cada uno tiene su alguazil, le Roi le veut, regibus esse manus en nescio longas, regnant populi, the demigod Authority, the right divine of kings to govern wrong, uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.