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."
... would keep their callousness, but transfigure it into a meritorious characteristic, needed by "the service," and redeemed by that from the suspicion of inferiority. All the qualities of a man acquire dignity when he knows that the service of the collectivity that owns him needs them. If proud of the collectivity, his own pride rises in proportion. No collectivity is like an army for nourishing such pride; but it has to be confessed that the only sentiment which the image of pacific cosmopolitan industrialism is capable of arousing in countless ... — Memories and Studies • William James
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