collective
Speech parts
1. collective - Noun
2. collective - Adjective
3. collective - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.
Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.
Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.
A collective noun or name.
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Examples
I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.
A situation where people can grow old without having a job that rewards them individually while adding to the collective well-being is morally unacceptable.
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and the very magnitude of the crime the best excuse for doing nothing.
If the collective farm is wealthy, the farmer is happy.