collectivism
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Within these communities exists an informal collectivism, an ebb and flow of residents, of families, of neighbors coming together at farmer’s markets, in city parks and common spaces, in a tacit recognition of shared values.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
Despite Japan’s culture of collectivism, Dr. Oshitani was surprised when businesses quickly closed and people refrained from going out.
From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2022
Though it scores high, as a nation, on measures of cultural collectivism, China’s 1.4 billion people are more than just a single culture.
From Scientific American • Feb. 28, 2022
It is important to understand exactly what "collectivism" and "individualism" mean in these contexts.
From Salon • Oct. 4, 2021
Sun Yat-sen's frequent expressions of sympathy with communism and socialism, and his occasional identification of the large principles of min shêng with them, are an indication of his desire for ultimate collectivism.
From The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony
Vocabulary lists containing collectivism
Novel Study: 1984, Part 2
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co-, col-, List 2
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co, col (with; together), List 2
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