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collectivism

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




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What’s being asked for is competitive balance, and while it sounds nice, that’s an ambition that requires a healthy amount of collectivism and sacrifice, and leads to my last point here:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 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

"In societies that value collectivism, such as in Iceland and Japan, these baths are not mere places for relaxation but also for building social connections," says Jabe Brown of Melbourne Functional Medicine.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2023

They rented the adjacent plot as well, and on this land, they built Gudskul, an incubator for collectivism.

From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2022

From the outset, Sun Yat-sen's plan of empirical collectivism demanded a fairly broad range of state action.

From The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger


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