col‧lec‧tiv‧ize (also collectivise British English) /kəˈlektɪvaɪz/ verb [transitive]
[Word Family: noun: collection, collector, collective, collectable, collectible, collectivism, collectivization; adjective: collected, collective, collectable, collectible, collectivist; verb: collect, collectivize; adverb: collectively]
to join privately owned farms or businesses together, so that they can be owned by the government in a Communist political system
—collectivization /kəˌlektɪvaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -və-/ noun [uncountable]

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