COLLECTIVITY

Etymology

Noun

collectivity (countable and uncountable, plural collectivities)

(uncountable) The condition of being collective

(countable) A body of people considered as a whole

Synonyms

• collectiveness (less common)

Source: Wiktionary


Col`lec*tiv"i*ty, n.

1. Quality or state of being collective.

2. The collective sum. aggregate, or mass of anything; specif., the people as a body; the state.

The proposition to give work by the collectivity is supposed to be in contravention of the sacred principle of monopolistic competition. W. D. Howells.

3. (Polit. Econ.) Collectivism.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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