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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Collectivity

· Col·lec·tiv·i·ty · IPA
01 n. Quality or state of being collective.
  1. 1.
    Quality or state of being collective.
  2. 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 be in contravention of the sacred principle of monopolistic competition.” — W. D. Howells.
  3. 3.
    Collectivism.(Polit. Econ.)