collaborationism

C2+ Topic:Places & Geography

US /kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃəˌnɪzəm/ UK /kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃənɪzəm/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
cooperation with an enemy occupying one's country

After the war he was tried for collaborationism with the invaders.

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Synonyms

1 noun · cooperation with an enemy... quislingismtreachery collusion

Opposites

resistance

Word family

Related forms collaborationist collaborate collaboration

Etymology

From collaboration + -ism, from Latin collaborāre 'to work together', from com- 'together' + labōrāre 'to work', from labor 'toil'.

collaborāre Latin labor Latin

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Places & Geography Word Formation & Derivatives

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# collaborationism

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃəˌnɪzəm/
**IPA (UK):** /kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃənɪzəm/

## Meanings
1. cooperation with an enemy occupying one's country

## Examples
- After the war he was tried for collaborationism with the invaders.

## Synonyms
- quislingism
- treachery
- collusion

## Antonyms
- resistance

## Related Forms
- collaborationist
- collaborate
- collaboration

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: collaborāre
- Root: labor

## Etymology
From collaboration + -ism, from Latin collaborāre 'to work together', from com- 'together' + labōrāre 'to work', from labor 'toil'.

## AI Etymology
Collaborationism comes from collaboration + -ism, from Latin collaborāre 'to work together', from com- 'together' + labōrāre 'to work', from labor 'toil'. The historical trail runs through collaborāre in Latin and labor in Latin. Morphologically, collaborationism is transparent: it draws on collaboration + -ism, from Latin collaborāre 'to work together', from com- 'together' + labōrāre 'to work', from labor 'toil'. Used as a noun, collaborationism now means "cooperation with an enemy occupying one's country", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as collaborationist, collaborate, and collaboration. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Places & Geography
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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