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collectivity

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


NOUN
totality
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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

It asks us to laugh in the most hideous of situations and to humanize the inhumane without losing sight of its own call for not just rightful vengeance but collectivity.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 4, 2022

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

The ANC is a collective, but the government had made collectivity in this case impossible.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

I think we’re going to start looking at all species as collectivities, and microbes will be the part of that.

From Salon Dec. 8, 2013

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 Le Bon, Gustave




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