collectivism

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Recent Examples of collectivism Continue reading … ERIC PATTERSON – Evils of collectivism are just warming up. — FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026 The packet that Bruce assembled for the Social Security competition stressed that government support shored up the traditional family the way that pioneering families had helped one another; the effect was to associate the new policy with the American frontier, rather than radical collectivism. — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026 Later, from the stage, both Thompson and Julia Roberts urged collectivism while recounting the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti—two 37-year-old American citizens who were both fatally shot this January by federal immigration agents. — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026 Danish-Norwegian philosopher Aksel Sandemose introduced the concept in his 1933 novel A Fugitive Crosses His Tracks, in which people in the fictional town of Jante faced societal pressure to subscribe to a collective mindset which preached modesty and collectivism. — Elias Burke, New York Times, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for collectivism
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  1. Marxism
  2. liberalism
  3. Leninism
  4. Stalinism
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  • One America, with coastal elites in places like New York City and Los Angeles, who continue to steamroll towards full-on Marxism, and another with ordinary, hard-working Americans across the country, like here in the great state of Alaska, who don’t embrace this extremism.
    — Mike Dunleavy, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
  • What does Marxism have to do with the policy positions of a Socialist?
    — Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
Definition of Marxism
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  • The primary victory on Tuesday by another democratic socialist, Melat Kiros, for a Denver congressional seat suggested the trend may extend beyond Manhattan liberalism.
    — Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Remember, the heroic symbols that Ronald Reagan deployed so effectively were swiped from liberalism’s salad days in the Thirties and Forties.
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of liberalism
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  • The kindergarten Leninism espoused by the DSA’s current leadership does not.
    — Harper's Magazine, Harper's Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of Leninism
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  • Medieval threat to democracy The rhetoric of absolving Stalinism goes hand in hand with popularizing the state’s version of the Russian Middle Ages through public media channels.
    — Dina Khapaeva, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
  • This critique involved not just intellectuals on the left, but also famous American realists who played a key part in rallying U.S. liberal opinion to resist Nazism and Stalinism.
    — Anatol Lieven, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Definition of Stalinism

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“Collectivism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collectivism. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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