Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

collectivity

[kol-ek-tiv-i-tee] / ˌkɒl ɛkˈtɪv ɪ ti /


NOUN
totality
Synonyms
Antonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

In just over a year, curator Essence Harden said, “they’ve expanded our understanding of how performance and collectivity can coexist.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025

In actual fact, considering a tumour as a collectivity of individuals governed by rules previously defined in ecology opens up new therapeutic possibilities for patients.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2023

The closest landmass to the epicenter is the Loyalty Islands in the French overseas collectivity of New Caledonia.

From Washington Times ● May 19, 2023

At the same time, she's heard rumors of a mysterious new collectivity calling themselves Ungoverned, deep in the swamps outside the ruins of her old city.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2022

It was through his collaboration with other scientists that Pascal came to have the sense of belonging to a collectivity greater than himself.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

When applied to cancer cell collectivities, it explains the possible behaviours of tumour cells when competing for an external resource.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2023

“Andrea Smith allows herself to stand in as the representative of collectivities to which she has demonstrated no accountability,” the letter read.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2021

Besides, at the moment it is difficult for me at least to share Elon Musk’s confidence in the superior intelligence of either of these august collectivities.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2018

The human animal, despite its resilience, craves constancy, and it seeks this constancy through rituals, collectivities and identity.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2018

We have seen that intelligence is without influence in collectivities, they being solely under the sway of unconscious sentiments.

From The Crowd; study of the popular mind by Gustave Le Bon


Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training