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collectivization

n. 1 The act of collectivize 2 (context especially in communist states English) The process of forcibly abolishing privately-owned farmland organizing all its workers into large, public ownership collectives.

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collectivization

n. the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism [syn: collectivisation]

Usage examples of "collectivization".

Now they fought the tyranny of the Soviet Sandinistas, who had initiated a program of forced collectivization of the Miskito tribes.

Stalin held his monstrous Soviet show trials, committed genocide against the kulaks, and created a forced famine for the Ukrainians when they resisted collectivization.

I am talking about mechanisms of retention and transmission - the sharing and collectivization of memories.