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collectivizing

collectivizing is the present participle and gerund of collectivize.

Meaning of collectivize

Verb

collectivize (third-person singular simple present collectivizes, present participle collectivizing, simple past and past participle collectivized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To organize (a farm or industrial enterprise) on the basis of collective control.
    • Only a government of workers and oppressed people, and a collectivized economy, can provide the resources and consciousness to end lesbian/gay oppression, racism, and sexism.1987 February 22, Dallas Williams, “Black, Gay and Red”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 31, page 5

Questions about collectivizing

What is collectivizing the present participle and gerund of?
Collectivizing is the present participle and gerund of collectivize.

Words near collectivizing in the dictionary

  1. collectivization
  2. collectivizations
  3. collectivize
  4. collectivized
  5. collectivizes
  6. collectivizing
  7. collectomania
  8. collector
  9. collector lane
  10. collector lanes
  11. collector road

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