collectivity

English

Etymology

collective +‎ -ity

Noun

collectivity (countable and uncountable, plural collectivities)

1. (uncountable) The condition of being collective.
   • 2022 September 23, Jason Farago, “The World’s Most Prestigious Art Exhibition Is Over. Maybe Forever.”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Collectivity was treated as an end in itself: We were here, as ruangrupa exhorted us, to “Make friends, not art!”

2. (countable) A body of people considered as a whole.

Synonyms

• collectiveness (less common)

Translations

the condition of being collective

• French: collectivité (fr) f
• Italian: collettività (it) f
• Manx: co-chadjinys m

a body of people considered as a whole

• French: collectivité (fr) f
• Polish: zbiorowość (pl) f