collectivity en · NOUN
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 *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English collectivity From collective + -ity.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The condition of being collective.
Collectivity was treated as an end in itself: We were here, as ruangrupa exhorted us, to “Make friends, not art!”
2022 September 23, Jason Farago, “The World’s Most Prestigious Art Exhibition Is Over. Maybe Forever.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- (countable) A body of people considered as a whole.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| collectivities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (5)
fr collectivité (a body of people considered as a whole) · it collettività (the condition of being collective) · fr collectivité (the condition of being collective) · pl zbiorowość (a body of people considered as a whole) · gv co-chadjinys (the condition of being collective)