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collectivization

collectivization

3 9.6
An action that makes farms and factories owned by the government or community
  • noun
  • /kəˌlɛktɪvaɪˈzeɪʃən/
translation icon : colectivización
  • Farmers in Poland famously resisted communism by resisting collectivization.
  • the collectivization of agriculture

So for Stalin, there are many motives that roll into collectivization.

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Examples

  • The historian detailed the impacts of collectivization on rural life during the Soviet era.

  • Agricultural smallholders disappeared almost completely after the collectivization in 1960.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The collectivization of livestock production and the establishment of some centers were a part of this process.

    Academic text (1999)
  • To greater and lesser degrees, these peoples have been incorporated into the Soviet political economy through collectivization.

    Academic text (1991)
  • In a voluntary system, some will organize themselves into collectives; others will avoid any collectivization.

    Blog text (18)
  • Polina's father had died in the thirties during collectivization.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • With the abandonment of collectivization at the end of the Cultural Revolution, a power vacuum emerged in the countryside.

    Academic text (2008)
  • While few Zionists were outright Marxists, the collectivization of the land and natural resources was a widely held value among socialist Zionists.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Of all Asia's communist states (including the U.S.S.R.), only North Korea avoided famine in the course of its collectivization of agriculture.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The government's policy of collectivization aimed to unify agricultural practices under state control.

Synonyms

nationalization
vscollectivization
  • Specialized
9 7.0

Taking a business or industry into government ownership

can also mean collective ownership by community or wider societal organization
socialization
vscollectivization
  • US
1 7.4

Putting industries or services under state ownership

is broader, covering whole society and collective ownership beyond industries
communization
vscollectivization
  • Formal
1 9.9

The process of moving property and businesses from private owners to the state or community

is broader, meaning collective ownership without requiring communist ideology
communalization
vscollectivization
9.1

Putting private property or services into community ownership so people share control

also allows state ownership rather than only community control

Antonyms

61 6.7

Selling a public company or service to private owners

How Collective

collectivization
3 9.6
nationalization
  • Specialized
9 7.0
mixed economy
  • Specialized
2 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

collectivization = collectivize (transparent) = collect + ive + ize + ation

The noun names the process/result of 'collectivize' (to make collective) using a standard '-ation' nominalization.

Etymology

Collectivization comes from collect which means 'gather' and the ending -ization which shows the 'act of making'. One related word is collective, which means 'shared by a group'. So collectivization is the act of gathering land, work, or resources so they are owned or run together by a group or the state.