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collectivism

[kuh-lek-tuh-viz-uhm] / kəˈlɛk təˌvɪz əm /




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STOCKHOLM, Sweden—This paragon of collectivism is pivoting toward rugged individualism.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

Within these communities exists an informal collectivism, an ebb and flow of residents, of families, of neighbors coming together at farmer’s markets, in city parks and common spaces, in a tacit recognition of shared values.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2025

Though it scores high, as a nation, on measures of cultural collectivism, China’s 1.4 billion people are more than just a single culture.

From Scientific American Feb. 28, 2022

It is important to understand exactly what "collectivism" and "individualism" mean in these contexts.

From Salon Oct. 4, 2021

How are these strange, turbulent, individualistic creatures to be fitted into any rational collectivism?

From Pot-Boilers by Clive Bell




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