collectivism

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as in Communism

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Recent Examples of collectivism Pay attention to how fast Democratic Socialists of America candidates spouting collectivism are making headway. — Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 8 June 2026 People-pleasing can look indistinguishable from emotional intelligence in cultures that value harmony and collectivism. — Karolina Komarnicka, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026 The record might be considered the third in a trilogy exploring the importance of community, collectivism, and solidarity, in both joy and defiance. — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 2 Feb. 2026 Continue reading … ERIC PATTERSON – Evils of collectivism are just warming up. — FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for collectivism
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  1. Marxism
  2. liberalism
  3. Leninism
  4. Stalinism
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  • One America, with coastal elites in places like New York City and Los Angeles, who continue to steamroll towards full-on Marxism, and another with ordinary, hard-working Americans across the country, like here in the great state of Alaska, who don’t embrace this extremism.
    — Mike Dunleavy, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
  • What does Marxism have to do with the policy positions of a Socialist?
    — Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
Definition of Marxism
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  • As my colleague Jonathan Chait detailed in an essay earlier last week, this DSA isn’t just liberalism in a hurry.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • The primary victory on Tuesday by another democratic socialist, Melat Kiros, for a Denver congressional seat suggested the trend may extend beyond Manhattan liberalism.
    — Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of liberalism
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  • The kindergarten Leninism espoused by the DSA’s current leadership does not.
    — Harper's Magazine, Harper's Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of Leninism
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  • Medieval threat to democracy The rhetoric of absolving Stalinism goes hand in hand with popularizing the state’s version of the Russian Middle Ages through public media channels.
    — Dina Khapaeva, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
  • This critique involved not just intellectuals on the left, but also famous American realists who played a key part in rallying U.S. liberal opinion to resist Nazism and Stalinism.
    — Anatol Lieven, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Definition of Stalinism

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