collectivity

collectivity

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti
Proto-Italic *legō
Latin legō
Latin colligō
Latin collēctus
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Latin collēctīvusder.
Middle French collectifder.
English collective
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English collectivity

    From collective + -ity.

    Noun

    collectivity (countable and uncountable, plural collectivities)

    1. (uncountable) The condition of being collective.
      Synonym: collectiveness (less common)
      • 2022 September 23, Jason Farago, “The World’s Most Prestigious Art Exhibition Is Over. Maybe Forever.”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
        Collectivity was treated as an end in itself: We were here, as ruangrupa exhorted us, to “Make friends, not art!”
    2. (countable) A body of people considered as a whole.

    Derived terms

    Translations

    a body of people considered as a whole
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