collective adj

1 done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good" [syn: corporate]

2 forming a whole or aggregate [ant: distributive]

3 set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government; "collective farms" n : members of a cooperative enterprise

English

Etymology

collectivus: confer collectif.

Adjective

1. Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.
2. : Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
3. : Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.
4. Tending to collect; forming a collection.

   Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central point, collective of his sons. -Young.

5. Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.

Translations

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Noun

1. A farm owned by a collection of people.
2. A collective noun or name.

Derived terms

• collectivize
• collective noun

See also

• collective fruit (Botany), that which is formed from a mass of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; -- called also multiple fruit.

References

French

Adjective

collective

1. feminine form of collectif

   Après une belle action collective, l'équipe a enfin marqué un but.

A collective is a group of people who share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest, or work together on a specific project(s) to achieve a common objective. Collectives are also characterised by attempts to share and exercise political and social power and to make decisions on a consensus-driven and egalitarian basis. Collectives differ from cooperatives in that they are not necessarily focused upon an economic benefit or saving (but can be that as well).

A commune or intentional community, which may also be known as a "collective household", is a group of people who live together in some kind of dwelling or residence, or in some other arrangement (eg. sharing land). Collective households may be organized for a specific purpose (eg. relating to business, parenting, or some other shared interest).

Collective consciousness is a term created by French social theorist Émile Durkheim that describes how an entire community comes together to share similar values.

The term collective is sometimes used to describe a species as a whole, for example the human collective.

Types of collectives

• activist collectives
• art collectives
• bicycle collectives
• environment collectives
• health collectives
• law collectives
• medical cannabis collectives
• musical collectives
• newspaper collectives
• research collectives
• theatrical collectives
• workers collective

See also

• collective bargaining
• collective farming
• collective noun
• collectivism
• kibbutz
• mutual aid
• workplace democracy

External links

• href="http://www.redemmas.org/collectives.shtml">http://www.redemmas.org/collectives.shtml Collective Labor is Direct Action: an introduction to worker owned collectives Andrew W. Smith, 2003
• 001 Collective Family An example of a group of musicians who have bonded together in a collective
• The Hacking 101 Collective A group of programmers who teach you how to make your own cheat codes for video games

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