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collective action

collective action noun: an action taken by a group of individuals acting together.

Noun

collective action (plural collective actions)

  1. An action taken by a group of individuals acting together.
    • They ruthlessly suppressed any dissent for fear that it would inspire the citizens to take some sort of collective action against the government.

Forms of collective action

pluralcollective actions

Questions about collective action

What does collective action mean?
Collective action means an action taken by a group of individuals acting together.
What part of speech is collective action?
Collective action is a noun.
What is the plural of collective action?
The plural of collective action is collective actions.

Words near collective action in the dictionary

  1. collectioner
  2. collectioners
  3. collectionitis
  4. collections
  5. collective
  6. collective action
  7. collective agreement
  8. collective agreements
  9. collective bargaining
  10. collective buying
  11. collective call sign

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