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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

集体主义的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jítǐ zhǔyì de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Collectivist/kəˈlɛk.tɪv.ɪst/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这是一个典型的集体主义社会。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Characterized by the practice or belief in the priority of group goals and social cohesion over individual desires.

    "The community maintained a strongly collectivist approach to sharing resources and raising children."
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who adheres to or advocates the principles of collectivism.

    "As an outspoken collectivist, she argued that corporate profits should be distributed equally among all workers."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'collectus', past participle of 'colligere' (to gather together), via French 'collectif' and the English suffix '-ist'. Emerging in the late 19th century alongside sociological and political theory, the term evolved to describe individuals, cultures, or philosophies prioritizing group cohesion over individual autonomy.

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