collectivization
/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.
- The government's policy of collectivization faced resistance from small farmers.
- Historians debate the effects of collectivization on food production.
- The collectivization of agriculture in the 20th century changed many rural economies.
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