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collectivize

verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Latin colligō Latin collēctus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin collēctīvusder. Middle French collectifder. English collective Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English collectivize From collective + -ize.

  1. derived from collēctīvus
  2. derived from collectif
  3. suffixed as collectivize — “collective + ize”

Definitions

  1. To 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.

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