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collectivization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /kəˌlɛk.tɪv.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

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 *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English collectivization From collective + -ization.

Meanings

1. The act of collectivizing
2. (especially, in communist states) The process of abolishing privately-owned farmland organizing all its workers into large, publicly-owned collectives.
   • At the time of Stalin's death, almost a quarter of a century after mass collectivization was initiated, the output of grain per head of population was still below the 1913 level; yet throughout this period, despite misery and starvation, large quantities of farm produce were exported all over the world for the sake of Soviet industry. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 39:

Forms

Deriveds

overcollectivization · decollectivization

Translations (48)

tk kollektiwleşdirilme (the act of collectivizing) · sh kolektivizacija (the act of collectivizing) · ca col·lectivització (the act of collectivizing) · pt coletivização (the act of collectivizing) · hy կոլեկտիվացում (the act of collectivizing) · hu társadalmi tulajdonba vétel (the act of collectivizing) · uz kollektivlashtirish (the act of collectivizing) · hu téeszesítés (the act of collectivizing) · sq kolektivizim (the act of collectivizing) · it collettivizzazione (the act of collectivizing) · pl kolektywizacja (the act of collectivizing) · kk ұжымдастыру (the act of collectivizing) · ky коллективдештирүү (the act of collectivizing) · sk kolektivizácia (the act of collectivizing) · de Kollektivierung (the act of collectivizing) · az kollektivləşmə (the act of collectivizing) · el κολεκτιβοποίηση (the act of collectivizing) · hu államosítás (the act of collectivizing) · ja 集団化 (the act of collectivizing) · ka კოლექტივიზაცია (the act of collectivizing) · lt kolektyvizacija (the act of collectivizing) · cmn 集體化 /集体化 (the act of collectivizing) · az kollektivləşdirmə (the act of collectivizing) · gl colectivización (the act of collectivizing) · ko 집단화 (the act of collectivizing) · tg коллективизатсия (the act of collectivizing) · ky коллективизация (the act of collectivizing) · hu kollektivizálás (the act of collectivizing) · es colectivización (the act of collectivizing) · vi sự tập thể hoá (the act of collectivizing) · be калектывіза́цыя (the act of collectivizing) · uk колективіза́ція (the act of collectivizing) · cs kolektivizace (the act of collectivizing) · tg коллективонидан (the act of collectivizing) · et kollektiviseerimine (the act of collectivizing) · fr collectivisation (the act of collectivizing) · tr kolektivizasyon (the act of collectivizing) · fi kollektivisointi (the act of collectivizing) · nl collectivisatie (the act of collectivizing) · sl kolektivizacija (the act of collectivizing) · sv kollektivisering (the act of collectivizing) · mk колективиза́ција (the act of collectivizing) · sh колективизација (the act of collectivizing) · ru коллективиза́ция (the act of collectivizing) · bg колективиза́ция (the act of collectivizing) · ky коллективдешүү (the act of collectivizing) · ro colectivizare (the act of collectivizing) · lv kolektivizācija (the act of collectivizing)