Collectivized

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The act of converting various private enterprises into collaborative ownership structures fosters a sense of shared responsibility among participants
2. Transferred from individual to joint ownership or management, especially in reference to agriculture or industry
3. Changed from privately owned to collectively controlled by a group or community

Etymology: The verb "collectivize" is a plain English formation: "collective" with the suffix "-ize", which turns a noun or adjective into a verb meaning to make something into the thing described. "Collective" itself passed into English through Middle French "collectif" from Latin "collēctīvus", a derivative of "collēctus", the past participle of "colligō", meaning "to gather together". Its roots lie in "com-" ("together") and "legō" ("to gather"), so the idea of gathering runs through the word from the start. The suffix has a longer history. It was borrowed into Late Latin as "-izō" from Ancient Greek "-ízō", and it reached English through Middle French "-iser" and Middle English "-isen", which became the modern "-ize". Attaching it to "collective" yields a verb for the process of putting things under shared ownership or control.

Synonyms: socialized, nationalized, standardized

Antonyms: privatized, individualized