How to Use collectivism in a Sentence

collectivism

noun
  • But in places without those means, collectivism is often the order of the day.
    — Jackie Bischof, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2020
  • It was aimed not only at his own country, but also at those others now drifting into collectivism.
    — David Harsanyi, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The invisible hand may be no less naively utopian than collectivism.
    — WSJ, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Apologizing seems to be less of a problem in cultures with stronger norms of collectivism or politeness.
    — Adam Grant, New York Times, 8 May 2020
  • The troops are forced to set out—their hostage in tow—through the jungle to find a new base, and the pressure of the situation bears down on their sense of collectivism.
    — N.e.g., The Economist, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Individualism has to have a very bad day to catch up to the toxicity of a good day for collectivism.
    — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Cloaked in the languorous melodies and mellow transitions of Exodus are fiery messages of hope and collectivism.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Such tragedies and destruction are prime examples of how American collectivism and cohesion is often formed in fire or water.
    — Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 10 Sep. 2017
  • Connor stared dejectedly at his beverage, now tainted by collectivism.
    — Alexander Sammon, The New Republic, 14 Aug. 2019
  • One is the mystifying movement toward greater collectivism as a means of improving the needs of the underprivileged.
    — David L. Bahnsen, National Review, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Perhaps co-ops remain scarce elsewhere because real-estate collectivism makes some people suspicious.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Their cultures also tend to put a higher premium on collectivism than on individualism.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2014
  • Ted Lasso is an ode to collectivism, infused with layered references to facts of pop culture, and a deep knowledge of the real-world context in which sports operate.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 23 July 2021
  • This is the same crowd who for years have extolled the virtues of Ayn Rand and decried any sort of help for the likes of student loan borrowers but then called for collectivism when their friends are in trouble.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The individualism of testing opponents collides with the collectivism that health officials say is needed to get the virus under control.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Consider The Hierophant as the card of institutions and collectivism.
    — Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Part of the project’s popularity is the sense of collectivism that seems increasingly rare as the Internet becomes more fractured and polarized.
    — Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Collectivism is the belief that everything produced really belongs to everybody, and the government’s job is to distribute it fairly.
    — Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 21 Jan. 2017
  • In fashion, as in politics, collectivism might make life better, but individualism often prevails.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In Scandinavia, the culture is underpinned by communal collectivism.
    — Michel André, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Rates were highest in countries including the United States that prize individual success over collectivism.
    — Lindsey Tanner, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The festival orchestra concert, in its own way, offered testimony to the communal benefits of collectivism.
    — Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2016
  • These are both examples of how simple acts of jeong can foster a form of collectivism, which has become increasingly important among today’s fragmented communities.
    — Charlotte Cho, Marie Claire, 29 June 2021
  • Some skeptics argue that universal healthcare represents a form of socialized medicine, government control of the market, or even a dangerous step toward collectivism.
    — Wei Zhang, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
  • In addition, Brown draws on Black traditions of culture and collectivism to mobilize communities.
    — Essence, 6 Aug. 2025
  • This fight between collectivism and individualism, the rights of the worker and the rights of the owner, have been part of America since the country’s founding, Bailey says.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Why would someone whose campaign stemmed the scourge of collectivism co-sign a 110-page Menshevik-Bolshevik Unity Pact?
    — David Harsanyi, National Review, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Give me a common-good conservatism defined by the rich tapestries of religion, family, and civil society — not common-good collectivism or, worse, common-good communism.
    — Andrew T. Walker, National Review, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Here, collectivism, community, and progressive thinking is the way forward, and considering the whole comes ahead of individual ambitions.
    — Janelle Belgrave, refinery29.com, 12 Jan. 2021
  • Socialists keep dreaming of collectivism as New Yorkers suffer from unserious housing policy.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2026

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