Collectivist
[kə'lɛktɪvɪst]
Definition
(noun.) a person who belongs to the political left.
(adj.) subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively .
Inputed by Byron--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An advocate of collectivism.
(a.) Relating to, or characteristic of, collectivism.
Editor: Vlad
Examples
- Many men, just as well aware of present-day evils as the socialists, are unwilling to accept the collectivist remedy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Our suspicion of the collectivist arrangement is aroused by the picture of a vast state machine so horribly well-regulated that human impulse is utterly subordinated. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He was the precursor of that large and various school of collectivist thinkers in the nineteenth century who are lumped together as Socialists. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He has fused the insight of the syndicalist with the plans of the collectivists under the name of Guild Socialism. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Edited by Gail