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to collectivize

to collectivize

2 8.6
Put farms, land, and businesses into shared ownership controlled by the government or community
  • verb
  • /kəˈlɛktɪvaɪz/
translation icon : colectivizar
  • In other countries (UK, etc.), farms were forcibly collectivized, whereas Poles have access to food outside of industrialized food production.
  • collectivize agriculture

Examples

  • Stalin's murder of the kulaks, for instance: five million Ukrainian peasants killed because Stalin wanted to collectivize agriculture.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Employees naturally start trying to collectivize to increase their information processing and bargaining power.

    Blog text (26)

  • Then the farm was collectivized and I ended up in a factory.

    Anita B. (2014)

  • The household registration system and collectivized agriculture ensured that farmers remained on the land.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Artists have seen their most important assets collectivized by file-sharing.

    Blog text (10)

  • Residential patterns of multifamily camping groups created the opportunity for a more communal lifestyle that included collectivized support of children from neighbors and kin.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The government decided to collectivize all large farms to improve agricultural efficiency.

  • During the revolution, many lands were collectivized to benefit the local communities.

  • In order to address social inequalities, the city aimed to collectivize its housing projects.

Synonyms

to socialize
vsto collectivize
  • Formal
28 8.4

To put businesses under government control

focuses on moving land or enterprises into shared ownership regardless of ideology
to nationalize
vsto collectivize
  • Specialized
25 6.8

To bring an industry or company under government control

can also involve community ownership and not only state control
to communize
vsto collectivize
  • Formal
9.0

Make land, factories, or other resources owned by the whole community

is about transferring land or enterprises into shared ownership without requiring that ideology
to communalize
vsto collectivize
8.9

Make something owned by the whole community instead of by private people

allows ownership by either government or community rather than only local groups

Antonyms

to privatize
  • US
61 6.4

To move a government business or service to private companies

How Collective

to collectivize
2 8.6
to nationalize
  • Specialized
25 6.8
to privatize
  • US
61 6.4

Surface Forms

collectivize infinitive
collectivized past
collectivized past participle
collectivizing present participle
collectivizes third person singular

Morphology

collectivize = collective (transparent) = collect + ive + ize

Formed by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' to the adjective 'collective', yielding 'to make collective' in a regular way.

Etymology

Collectivize comes from collect meaning 'gather' and the ending -ize meaning 'to make' or 'to cause to be'. So to collectivize something is to 'gather' it into shared ownership or control by a group or government, which is why the word means bringing land or businesses under common ownership.