collectivize

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Etymology

From collective +‎ -ize.

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Verb

collectivize (third-person singular simple present collectivizes, present participle collectivizing, simple past and past participle collectivized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To organize (a farm or industrial enterprise) on the basis of collective control.
    • 1987 February 22, Dallas Williams, “Black, Gay and Red”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 31, page 5:
      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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