Meanings
comparative more collectivistic · superlative most collectivistic
- Of or pertaining to collectivism.
Public contributions, i.e. taxes, are only one form of value — collectivistic value.
1890, Political Science Quarterly, volume 5, number 1, page 1672 more examples
It is, then, as a treatise of social forces, individualistic and collectivistic, in German literature that Francke's work must be tested, not as a history of the artistic form and content of that literature.
1895, The Citizen, page 398People in individualistic cultures may be more concerned with distributive justice than people in collectivistic cultures because they have such clear-cut notions of individual equity.
2001, David Matsumoto, The Handbook of Culture and Psychology, page 395
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivesubscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively
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Origin
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