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de·col·lec·tiv·ize

(dē′kə-lĕk′tə-vīz′)
tr.v. de·col·lec·tiv·ized, de·col·lec·tiv·iz·ing, de·col·lec·tiv·iz·es
To free from collective control.
de′col·lec·ti·vi·za′tion (-vĭ-zā′shən) n.
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Deng introduced the 'bottom up' approach to reforms by decollectivizing agriculture, and divided the lands of the 'Peoples Communes' into private plots, thereby making individual household responsible.
For a Different Democracy (Part 16)
The past 30 years or so have seen Western governments involved in redrawing social and health policy by promoting enterprise, self-reliance and self-regulation, privileging market organization principles for private and public service provision, and deregulating and restructuring organizational units--in short, decollectivizing welfare.
Knowledge, embodiment and neo-liberal drug policy
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