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Collaborationism refers to collaboration with an enemy against one's own country, group, or people during times of war or occupation, whether voluntary or involuntary. A person who works with the enemy is called a collaborator while a person who actively promotes the victory of the enemy is known as a collaborationist. Class collaborationists specifically denounce class struggle, arguing that the division of society into classes is the natural state of things, that the class system benefits society as a whole, and that people of different classes should work together for the common good. In most countries, collaborating with an enemy government against one's own is a serious form of treason and is punishable by death or imprisonment.
Collaborationism differs from cooperation between governments or organisations which aren't in an active state of war. Negotiations between two opposing sides (e.g. ceasefire deals or prisoner exchanges) are also not necessarily considered examples of collaborationism.