A group of people or things united by common interests or purposes; the quality of being collective or shared.
From Latin collectivus plus the noun suffix -ity (meaning 'state or quality'). This formal term became prominent in 19th-century philosophy and sociology to describe group phenomena.
The concept of collectivity challenges the Western myth of the solitary genius—most human achievements, from pyramids to algorithms, actually emerge from collective effort and knowledge accumulation.
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