collectivize

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verb

To organize (a farm or industrial enterprise) on the basis of collective control.

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collectivise
OriginEnglish collective ← Middle French collectif ← Latin collēctīvus →
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Meanings

verbcollectivize (third-person singular simple present collectivizes, present participle collectivizing, simple past and past participle collectivized)

present singular third person collectivizes · participle present collectivizing · participle past collectivized · past collectivized · alternative collectivise

  1. ambitransitiveTo organize (a farm or industrial enterprise) on the basis of collective control.

    Only a government of workers and oppressed people, and a collectivized economy, can provide the resources and consciousness to end lesbian/gay oppression, racism, and sexism.

    1987 February 22, Dallas Williams, “Black, Gay and Red”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 31, page 5

Synonyms & antonyms

verbbring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises

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collectivise
Broader
organizeorganise

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*léǵeti
  8. Proto-Italic*legō
  9. Latinlegō
  10. Latincolligō
  11. Latincollēctus
  12. Latincollēctīvus
  13. Middle Frenchcollectif
  14. Englishcollective
  15. Englishcollectivize

From collective + -ize.

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Translations

Catalan col·lectivitzar
  • col·lectivitzarTranslations
Danish kollektivisere
  • kollektivisereTranslations
Dutch collectiviseren
  • collectiviserenTranslations
Estonian kollektiviseerima
  • kollektiviseerimaTranslations
Finnish kollektivoida
  • kollektivoidaTranslations
French collectiviser
  • collectiviserTranslations
German kollektivieren
  • kollektivierenTranslations
Hungarian kollektivizál
  • kollektivizálTranslations
Italian collettivizzare
  • collettivizzareTranslations
Polish kolektywizować
  • kolektywizowaćTranslations
Portuguese coletivizar, colectivizar
  • coletivizarTranslations
  • colectivizarTranslations
Russian коллективизи́ровать
  • коллективизи́ровать (kollektivizírovatʹ)Translations
Spanish colectivizar
  • colectivizarTranslations
Swedish kollektivisera
  • kollektiviseraTranslations
Ukrainian колективізува́ти
  • колективізува́ти (kolektyvizuváty)Translations
Welsh cyfunoli
  • cyfunoliTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

collectivize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collectivize

MLA

“collectivize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collectivize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “collectivize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collectivize.

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