"School" is a collective noun: it refers, in the singular, to a group of fish.
From the Latin collectivus , collective is that belonging to or relating to a group of individuals . A collective is a social group where its members share certain characteristics or work together to achieve a common objective.
Typically, the group makes decisions based on consensus and tries to exercise its social and political power. However, we also speak of collective to name the group made up of people with diverse motivations and grouped together only by living in a common space.
For example: "Equal marriage is a measure that promotes the rights of the homosexual community" , "The Roma population is one of the most persecuted and discriminated against groups on the European continent" , "The group of war veterans still demands greater support from State" .
Discrimination against a group
Every day the news shows us acts of contempt directed at various groups, such as gypsies, homosexuals and Africans, in various parts of the world. The concept of discrimination has been linked to the collective since ancient times, and attacks are based on the simple fact of not accepting differences .
In Europe, for example, gypsy communities and people from Africa are the focus of the highest percentage of discrimination, according to a study by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. The same report warns that easily distinguishable groups, given certain characteristics of the physical appearance of their members, feel contempt more often than other minorities.
Attacks on immigrants and homosexuals
This is also true for immigrants from Eastern countries such as China and Japan, objects of numerous ridicule for their physical appearance and their way of expressing themselves. There are no limits or preferences for discrimination, no matter the level of academic training or purchasing power; People from various parts of the world and from different social classes are attacked mercilessly, simply for being in a country where the majority of people are not like them.
Homosexuals must also endure all kinds of insults and mistreatment, even when they are in environments supposedly open to diversity. Despite the linguistic differences between the United States and Argentina, for example, both countries have found a way to give the adjective "homosexual" and its variants a negative character, and use it to attack other people, regardless of their identity. sexuality, as well as to denote the poor quality of a product (a gay song , in a context of hostility, means a bad song ).
This situation is alarming for those who are forced to face it daily, whether for economic reasons or because they do not have the option of moving to a place with greater tolerance. Unfortunately, discrimination often leads many to hide their true identity , as happens with homosexuals who deny their sexuality; But many of these people do not have the option of hiding and, in the absence of support and protection from the authorities, they must accept contempt as a form of communication.
In some Latin American countries, the bus dedicated to urban passenger transportation is called a bus.
Other meanings of collective
For grammar , a collective noun is a term that, in the singular, allows us to express a group of similar objects, people or animals. In this way, they differ from individual nouns: "Fish" is an individual noun , while "school" is a collective noun that refers to a group of fish. Similarly, "flock" is the collective noun that names a group of birds.
In Argentina , Bolivia , Paraguay and other countries, collective is synonymous with bus . It is a land vehicle that can transport many passengers (between ten and a hundred) along a pre-established route: "Excuse me, could you tell me which bus takes me to Plaza de Mayo?" , "I arrived late because I had to wait for the bus for more than half an hour."