verb
- to organize (something, especially property or production) under collective ownership or control
Usage: political/economic term
Examples
- The government collectivizes all farmland under the new policy.
- Stalin’s regime collectivizes agriculture throughout the Soviet Union.
- The revolutionary movement collectivizes private businesses.
- The commune collectivizes resources for shared benefit.
- The state collectivizes industrial production to increase efficiency.
- Many socialist countries collectivize major industries.