collectivize

Verb

Meaning

bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

nationalize collectivist distrain communize collectivistic bolshevize replevin sovietize collectivise

Hypernyms

organize organise

Related terms

collectivism collectivization

Examples

The recognition of Russia on November 16, 1933, started forces which were to have considerable influence in the attempt to collectivize the United States. Herbert Hoover

Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich. William F. Buckley

If in previous decades large historic events drew people together and oriented them toward collective action, the recent double trend toward greater choice but less security leads the young to see their lives in more individual terms. Big events collectivize. Little events atomize. Arlie Russell Hochschild

Close letter words and terms

collectivistically collectivity collectivization collectivized collectomania collector