collectivity

collectivity
a) The condition of being collective
b) A body of people considered as a whole

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  • Collectivity — Col lec*tiv i*ty, n. 1. Quality or state of being collective. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. The collective sum, aggregate, or mass of anything; specif., the people as a body; the state. The proposition to give work by the collectivity is supposed to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • collectivity — index complex (development), corpus, entirety, totality, whole Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • collectivity — [käl΄ek tiv′ə tē] n. 1. the quality or state of being collective 2. a collective whole 3. the people as a whole …   English World dictionary

  • collectivity — collective ► ADJECTIVE 1) done by or belonging to all the members of a group. 2) taken as a whole; aggregate. ► NOUN ▪ an enterprise owned or operated cooperatively. DERIVATIVES collectively adverb collectivity noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Collectivity of Saint Martin — Saint Martin redirects here. For other uses, see St. Martin (disambiguation). Collectivity of Saint Martin Collectivité de Saint Martin …   Wikipedia

  • collectivity — noun (plural ties) Date: 1862 1. the quality or state of being collective 2. a collective whole; especially the people as a body …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • collectivity — /kol ek tiv i tee/, n., pl. collectivities. 1. collective character. 2. a collective whole. 3. the people collectively. [1860 65; COLLECTIVE + ITY] * * * …   Universalium

  • collectivity — col·lec·tiv·i·ty || ‚kÉ’lek tɪvÉ™tɪ n. people regarded as a body or whole; collective character; collective whole …   English contemporary dictionary

  • collectivity — col·lec·tiv·i·ty …   English syllables

  • collectivity — col•lec•tiv•i•ty [[t]ˌkɒl ɛkˈtɪv ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) collective character 2) a collective whole 3) the people collectively • Etymology: 1860–65 …   From formal English to slang

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