Collectivity

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Collectivity \Col`lec*tiv"i*ty\, n.
     1. Quality or state of being collective.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. (Polit. Econ.) Collectivism.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]