Col′lec‐tiv″i‐ty (?), n. 1. Quality or state of being collective.
2. The collective sum. aggregate, or mass of anything; specif., the people as a body; the state.
The proposition to give work by the collectivity is supposed to be in contravention of the sacred principle of monopolistic competition. W. D. Howells.
3. (Polit. Econ.) Collectivism.