collectivism
Shared ownership philosophy
Collectivism is a political and economic philosophy that prioritizes the group over the individual, emphasizing shared ownership, communal decision-making, and collective responsibility.
It stands in opposition to individualism, which centers personal autonomy and private property.
The term appears in discussions of socialism, communism, and cooperative movements, though critics use it pejoratively to suggest suppression of individual rights.
The commune operated on principles of collectivism, with all major decisions made by vote.
Communal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- MaoismPeasant-centered communist doctrine
statism · centralization · party · soviet · comrade · vanguard · one-party · cadre
Shared-living community
- kibbutzIsraeli communal farm
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- communalShared by a community
- villageSmall rural community
tribe · clan · brotherhood · sisterhood · fellowship · guild · association · society
Wholeness through cohesion
- solidarityUnity among allies
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- cohesionTendency to bind together
accord · unison · synchrony · integration · consensus-building
Conformity-driven poor decisions
- unanimityComplete group agreement
- consensusGeneral group agreement
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- homogeneityState of sameness throughout
conformity · bandwagon · deindividuation · obedience · uniformity
Group-centered social organization
- holismWholes trump components
- mutualismTwo-way biological benefit
- universalismDoctrine of total reconciliation
- communitarianismPhilosophy prioritizing collective bonds
Sharing out again differently
- nationalizationGovernment acquisition of industry
- public-sectorState-run employment realm
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
socialism
Communal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
Maoism · statism · centralization · party · soviet · comrade · vanguard · one-party · cadre · apparatchik
commune
Shared-living community
- kibbutzIsraeli communal farm
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- communalShared by a community
village · tribe · clan · brotherhood · sisterhood · fellowship · guild · association · society · union
unity
Wholeness through cohesion
- solidarityUnity among allies
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
cohesion · accord · unison · synchrony · integration · consensus-building
groupthink
Conformity-driven poor decisions
- unanimityComplete group agreement
- consensusGeneral group agreement
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
homogeneity · conformity · bandwagon · deindividuation · obedience · uniformity
communalism
Group-centered social organization
- holismWholes trump components
- mutualismTwo-way biological benefit
- universalismDoctrine of total reconciliation
communitarianism · interdependence · common-good · ubuntu · in-group
redistribution
Sharing out again differently
- nationalizationGovernment acquisition of industry
- public-sectorState-run employment realm
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- Dystopia1984, Nineteen Eighty-Four, dystopian fiction, totalitarianism, Brave New World
- East AsiaChina, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Korea
- social systemspolitical systems, capitalism, feudalism, economic systems, socialism
- communityneighbors, neighborliness, neighborhoods, kinship, community centers
- ismscapitalism, socialism, communism, anarchism, racism
- lifestylessimple living, city life, family life, minimalism, rural life
collectivismindividualism
Doctrine of personal independence
libertarianism · egoism · atomism · self-reliance · personal autonomy
collectivismcapitalism
Private profit-based economy
free market · laissez-faire · private enterprise · free enterprise · market economy
collectivismindividualism
Doctrine of personal independence
independence · self-expression · personal freedom · self-determination · autonomy
collectivity, collectivist, collectivists, collectivization, collectivize, collectivized, collectivizing