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collectivize
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col·lec·tiv·ize  (k-lkt-vz)
tr.v. col·lec·tiv·ized, col·lec·tiv·iz·ing, col·lec·tiv·iz·es
To organize (an economy, industry, or enterprise) on the basis of collectivism.

col·lectiv·i·zation (-t-v-zshn) n.

collectivize, collectivise [kəˈlɛktɪˌvaɪz]
vb
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (tr) to organize according to the principles of collectivism
collectivization , collectivisation n
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Verb1.collectivize - bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises
organize, organise - cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
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collectivize [kəˈlektɪvaɪz] VTcolectivizar
collectivize [kəˈlɛktɪvaɪz] collectivise (British) vt [+ agriculture, farm, factory] → collectiviser
a collectivized farm → une ferme collective
collectivize


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It was a movement that drew inspiration from Mao's Cultural Revolution, collectivising all the land; but it grew to love terror more than ideology.
His intelligence, education, razor-sharp irony and very precise vision of the work made him an inconvenient individual who mocked every dogmatism and collectivising trend of his day.
By collectivising agriculture and by filling the Gulag with forced labourers, Stalin had hoped to spare the living standards of urban workers.
 
 
 
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