collectivity
noun
col·lec·tiv·i·ty
kə-ˌlek-ˈti-və-tē 
ˌkä-
plural collectivities
1
: the quality or state of being collective
2
: a collective whole
especially
: the people as a body
Examples of collectivity in a Sentence
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Today, the island, also known as St. Barts, is a French collectivity home to around 7,000 people.
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
Yet what is becoming clearer is that some sort of primitive collectivity — and, with it, organized self-sacrifices by living things — went on for possibly billions of years before multicellular life arose.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
Each team needed to look beyond its own goals and concerns and see its work as part of the larger mission of the collectivity.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
Manifestations might include the targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
Reed’s career arguably parallels the city’s ruthless professionalization—a cultural mode that shifted its calculus from DIY to ROI, from collectivity to the singular.
—Jeremy Lybarger, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2023
Conducting is the physical embodiment of collaboration: the conductor, fully subsumed to the collectivity of the orchestra and intensely focussed on the score, makes no noise.
—Max Norman, The New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2023
Trust is also threatened by mass personalization, because it is only formed in collectivity.
—Hossein Derakhshan, WIRED, 21 July 2023
Emergency planners should encourage collectivity, not fear it.
—John Drury, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2010
Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
Yet what is becoming clearer is that some sort of primitive collectivity — and, with it, organized self-sacrifices by living things — went on for possibly billions of years before multicellular life arose.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
Each team needed to look beyond its own goals and concerns and see its work as part of the larger mission of the collectivity.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
Manifestations might include the targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
Reed’s career arguably parallels the city’s ruthless professionalization—a cultural mode that shifted its calculus from DIY to ROI, from collectivity to the singular.
—Jeremy Lybarger, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2023
Conducting is the physical embodiment of collaboration: the conductor, fully subsumed to the collectivity of the orchestra and intensely focussed on the score, makes no noise.
—Max Norman, The New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2023
Trust is also threatened by mass personalization, because it is only formed in collectivity.
—Hossein Derakhshan, WIRED, 21 July 2023
Emergency planners should encourage collectivity, not fear it.
—John Drury, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2010
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“Collectivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collectivity. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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