Dictionary Definitions, Synomyns, Antonyms, and related words for Collectivism
Definitions for: Collectivism
[n] a political theory that the people should own the means of production
[n] a form of communism based on the writings of Marx and Lenin
Webster (1913) Definition: Col*lect"iv*ism, n. [Cf. F. collectivisme.]
(Polit. Econ.)
The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society
collectively or as a whole; communism. --W. G. Summer.