{
  "id": "collective.group",
  "term": "collective",
  "sense": "group",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 3,
  "domain": "social",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "A pattern of others that are together in a place and change each other over time.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "others.distinct-entities",
      "interaction.process",
      "pattern.regularity",
      "space.extent",
      "time.dimension"
    ],
    "interaction": "Multiple distinct entities interact persistently in a shared space over time, forming a regular pattern of mutual change.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "shared behavior",
      "group identity",
      "emergent coordination"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "groups.collection",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "collective is a kind of group"
    },
    {
      "id": "individual.entity",
      "type": "contrasts-with",
      "note": "collective contrasts with individual"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "race-to-the-bottom.collective"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "collective",
    "collectives"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-collective.group"
}