Having been converted from individual ownership or operation to group or state control and operation.
Past tense of collectivize. This form appears frequently in historical and political texts describing the transformation of agricultural and industrial systems.
The Soviet Union's collectivized farms (kolkhozes) were supposed to be more efficient, but crop yields actually fell dramatically—proving that forced ideological restructuring doesn't automatically improve productivity.
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