cooperativizationn.
/kəʊˌɒp(ə)rətᵻvʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /koʊˌɑp(ə)rədᵻvəˈzeɪʃən/, /koʊˌɑp(ə)rədᵻˌvaɪˈzeɪʃən/ Esp. with reference to Communist China: the process or policy of organizing or restructuring agriculture, etc., on cooperative principles. Cf. collectivization n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > policies to aid farming
C.A.P.1965
society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > [noun] > organization on co-operative principles
cooperativization1955
1955 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 49 17 By eliminating the rich peasantry, the regime evidently intends to remove the principal obstacle to the ‘voluntary’ cooperativization of the other peasants.
1966 F. Schurmann Ideol. & Organization in Communist China 11 We continue, for the Communist period, with a discussion of the three stages of Chinese Communist village policy: land reform, cooperativization, and communization.
1972 Times 29 Dec. (Romania Suppl.) p. i/2 The outcome of the manysided development of the national economy in the conditions of industrialization and agricultural cooperativization, has been the continuous expansion of the country's resources.
1984 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 3: Far East (B.B.C.) 28 Feb. FE/7578/B/1 Cultural and ideological revolutions..must be carried out in the rural areas after the completion of socialist cooperativization.
2015 Philippines Daily Inquirer (Nexis) 10 Apr. But there is a better way to privatization: cooperativization—yes, the cooperative way.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).
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