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collectivist

collectivist

3 7.1
Putting the group's needs before each person's needs
  • adjective
  • /kəˈlɛktɪvɪst/
translation icon : colectivista
  • In collectivist cultures, the primary purpose of resolving conflict is to bring harmony to the group.
  • collectivist culture
  • collectivist orientation
  • collectivist society

It's different because when you live in a more collectivist culture, the culture drives you.

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Examples

  • Indeed, this article defends a collectivist and social approach to copyright, based on Lockean principles of ownership and knowledge creation.

    Academic text (2006)
  • It's different because when you live in a more collectivist culture, the culture drives you.

  • So long as we have an increasingly urban culture, we will have an increasingly collectivist governance.

    Blog text (9)
  • However, avoidance may have a more positive outcome for collectivist Asian Americans.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Despite industrialization and economic prosperity, traditional societies tend to maintain their collectivist tendencies.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The U.S. participants were as horizontally collectivist as their Taiwanese and Argentine counterparts.

    Academic text (2001)
  • You see contrasts between, say, child rearing practices and collectivist versus individualist cultures.

  • In individualist worldviews, personal needs and goals take precedence; in collectivist worldviews, they may be secondary to the goals of a group.

    Academic text (2003)
  • An excerpt from a Samoan poem poignantly captures the collectivist orientation: 'I' does not exist.

    Academic text (2008)
  • In a collectivist society, people often make decisions based on what is best for the group rather than for themselves.

Synonyms

collective
vscollectivist
240 3.9

Shared by all members of a group acting together

conveys an ideological priority of the group beyond joint actions
communal
vscollectivist
41 3.9

Shared by all people in a group, like a garden or food

highlights ideological group priority rather than only shared property or use
communitarian
vscollectivist
2 7.6

Valuing the community more than the individual

is more about group priority and collective ownership than general community value
collectivistic
vscollectivist
1 8.1

Putting the group before the individual

is the alternative suffix form used more in speech
communalistic
vscollectivist
7.9

About living in a group where people share things and work together

stresses group priority beyond just living arrangements or shared property
solidaristic
vscollectivist
  • Formal
7.8

People support each other and share benefits equally

focuses more on group priority and ownership than solely mutual support
nonindividualistic
vscollectivist
7.6

Putting the group's needs before each person's own wants

expresses affirmative group priority rather than merely opposing individualism
unitive
vscollectivist
  • Specialized
7.6

Treats a group as one whole instead of separate people

prioritizes group welfare and ownership rather than only treating members as one

Antonyms

A person who prefers to think and act independently

Compounds

A political idea that wants to end the state and private ownership, making factories and land owned by workers

How Collectivist

statist
  • Formal
2 9.1
collectivist
3 7.1
communal
41 3.9

Surface Forms

collectivist positive

Morphology

collectivist = collective (transparent) = collect + ive + ist

Formed by 'collective' + the productive suffix '-ist'; 'collective' is common and '-ist' signals an adherent/relating-to meaning.

Etymology

Collectivist comes from the root collect meaning 'gather' and the word collective meaning 'group', so it describes ideas or policies that put the group's needs before the individual's.