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collectivism

[kuh-lek-tuh-viz-uhm] / kəˈlɛk təˌvɪz əm /




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Appeared in the January 3, 2026, print edition as '‘The Warmth of Collectivism’'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Yet, as the late and brilliant Sam Beer wrote in Britain Against Itself: The Political Contradictions of Collectivism, paradoxically we were laying the cultural basis of the rise of Thatcherism and Reaganism.

From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2016

The money that formerly was paid to the state factory was now paid to them, and thus the accumulation of wealth became possible which it was the principal object of Collectivism to prevent.

From The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian by Harding, Ellison

"You mean to say you actually practise Collectivism!"

From The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian by Harding, Ellison

Collectivism is also a term now used by German and French writers to describe an organization of the industries of a country under a collective instead of an individual management.

From Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by Mill, John Stuart




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