collective entity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcollectiveandentity
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collective
adjective[before noun]
uk/kəˈlek.tɪv/us/kəˈlek.tɪv/
of or shared by every member of a group ...
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entity
noun[C]
uk/ˈen.tɪ.ti/us/ˈen.t̬ə.t̬i/
something that exists apart from other things, having its own ...
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(Definition ofcollectiveandentityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcollective entity
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Whichever is the case, the argument continues, welfare analysis relates to somebody like you and me, not to a nebulouscollectiveentity.
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Narrowly defined, "collectivist" doctrines are those according to which interests inhere in thecollectiveentityor group in addition to the group's members.
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The point, in short, is that neither the peasantry nor the state constituted a homogeneous,collectiveentity.
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This fact of life must also underlie all our plans for ourcollectiveentity.
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European airspace must be operated as acollectiveentitywithout national borders and differences between civilian and military airspace must be eliminated.
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They seek to destroy totally thecollectiveentitythat is trade unions.
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Those three or four heads would not form acollectiveentity.
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This is what freedom of association is all about: the legal protection of the freedom of persons to join acollectiveentity.
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Anyone who suggests that groups can act and have preferences is liable to be accused of asserting the existence of mysterious collective entities.
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Persons are not separate beings but members of collective entities to whom they owe their loyalty.
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Additionally, this also includes the individual person as while the individual is what constitutes the statescollectiveentity, the individual does have the potential to also create unpredicted behaviors.
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The university's accommodation exists around two large complexes of halls and some other small halls located around the city, three of which are usually grouped into anothercollectiveentity.
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Since personae are collective entities, never fully realized in historical individuals, how can they be reconciled to hard historical facts?
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Reference group nouns designating places and collective entities (orchestra, society) constitute a larger category in expositories.
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None the less, the fact that collective entities can now join in the start-up scheme is a very good development.
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Private consequences usually involve individuals or small collective entities, such as a community.
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The collective entities established by commercial enterprises acting in concert on such matters are known variously as employers' organizations or employers' associations.
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