agrarianism

American  

[uh-grair-ee-uh-niz-uhm] / əˈgrɛər i əˌnɪz əm /

noun

1. a movement for the equal division of landed property and for the promotion of agricultural interests.

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Etymology

Origin of agrarianism

First recorded in 1800–10; agrarian + -ism

Example Sentences

And yet, working from home with small children, an ordeal and a privilege, has been de rigueur since agrarianism got going.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2020

You also talk in “The Art of Loading Brush” about agrarianism being a feeling, or a kind of instinct, and I wonder—maybe this is a silly question—if we’re all born with that instinct.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 14, 2019

He urges people to dedicate themselves instead to local community — a sort of Wendell Berry agrarianism.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2018

Jefferson, in contrast, is depicted as a Virginia-centric slaveholder singing the praises of agrarianism.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2015

Fourierism, agrarianism, socialism, and every other ism, political, moral, and religious, grow in that rank and festering soil....

From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by Smith, A. D.