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collectivization

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  • noun The act of collectivizing

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism

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Examples

  • And there were -- one of the side effects of the five-year plan was that a great number of people were arrested, and there was a-- during a process called collectivization, when all the -- when the Soviet farms were made into state farms, peasants were made into state farms, many, many people arrested.

    Gulag: A History 2003

  • So there was this thing called collectivization = the giving everything part.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009

  • Note the strange lack of anything resembling Socialism or Marxism, or even any kind of collectivization, except where it pertains to aiding your own country in the long run by being a productive, well-educated member of society - a goal that one would hope even this Administration's most obtuse critics could get behind at least in spirit, if not in the details.

    OpEdNews - Diary: School Speech Detractors Owe Obama an Apology 2009

  • The state economic programs allowed private enterprise in industry and commerce and proposed no radical agrarian reforms such as collectivization schemes.

    1928, Nov. 10 2001

  • I don’t think that Orwell was against collectivization per se, only forced collectivization, which is why he despised Joseph Stalin and the Bolsheviks.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Animal Farm: 2007

  • I don’t think that Orwell was against collectivization per se, only forced collectivization, which is why he despised Joseph Stalin and the Bolsheviks.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Animal Farm: 2007

  • I don’t think that Orwell was against collectivization per se, only forced collectivization, which is why he despised Joseph Stalin and the Bolsheviks.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Animal Farm: 2007

  • Along with this "collectivization" came laws loosening the marriage relationship and promoting divorce and infidelity.

    Southern Maryland Community Forums 2010

  • Along with this "collectivization" came laws loosening the marriage relationship and promoting divorce and infidelity.

    Southern Maryland Community Forums 2010

  • Along with this "collectivization" came laws loosening the marriage relationship and promoting divorce and infidelity.

    Southern Maryland Community Forums 2010

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