collective struggle

Group effort against

Collective struggle is coordinated effort by a group to overcome shared obstacles or oppose common adversaries.

The phrase appears frequently in political and social movements, emphasizing that change comes through unified action rather than individual effort: The labor movement was built on collective struggle.

It carries connotations of solidarity, sacrifice, and resistance against power structures.

Related

revolution · demonstration · mutual aid · strength in numbers · united front · worker solidarity · crowd · shared values · grassroots organizing · mass movement · gather · cultural preservation · liberation movement · fight the power · democratization · uprising · sovereignty · civil disobedience

Opposites
agency scope

collective strugglerugged individualism

Philosophy of personal independence

personal struggle · going it alone · self-reliance · pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps · one-man show

ease of achievement

collective strugglesmooth sailing

Untroubled progress forward

cakewalk

social orientation

collective struggleevery man for himself

Chaotic self-interest declaration

looking out for number one · social Darwinism · disunity · rat race

Family

collective, collect, collection, collections, collectivism, collectivist, collectively, collector, collectors

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Rated PG