COLLECTIVIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does collectivist mean? 

• COLLECTIVIST (noun)
  The noun COLLECTIVIST has 1 sense:

1. a person who belongs to the political left

  Familiarity information: COLLECTIVIST used as a noun is very rare.

• COLLECTIVIST (adjective)
  The adjective COLLECTIVIST has 1 sense:

1. subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively

  Familiarity information: COLLECTIVIST used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLECTIVIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who belongs to the political left

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

collectivist; left-winger; leftist

Hypernyms ("collectivist" is a kind of...):

socialist (a political advocate of socialism)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "collectivist"):

pink; pinko (a person with mildly leftist political views)

Derivation:

collectivism (a political theory that the people should own the means of production)

collectivism (Soviet communism)

collectivist (subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively)

left wing (those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare)

• COLLECTIVIST (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively

Synonyms:

collectivised; collectivist; collectivistic; collectivized; state-controlled

Similar:

socialist; socialistic (advocating or following the socialist principles)

Derivation:

collectivist (a person who belongs to the political left)