collectivisation
/kəˌlɛktɪvɪˈzeɪʃən/
noun
- The process of organizing a society or industry so that the means of production are owned and controlled by the community or state as a whole, rather than by individuals.
- Many rural communities resisted collectivisation because they wanted to keep their family farms.
- The government's policy of collectivisation forced farmers to give up their private land.
- Historians debate the economic effects of collectivisation in the early 20th century.
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