collectivist.

1. Emphasizing the group or collective in organization, value or explanation.

2. A person who advocates collectivism.

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Words that belong together

• collectivist approach
• collectivist outlook

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The collectivist approach emphasized shared responsibility.

A collectivist outlook did not imply complete agreement among group members.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Adjective ordinarily non-gradable; noun singular collectivist, plural collectivists. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: formal properties, scope and scale, organizational relations, analytic representation. Disciplines: academic writing, formal methods, cross-disciplinary analysis. Commonness: moderately common.