agrarianism

[ uh-grair-ee-uh-niz-uh m ]

/ əˈgrɛər i əˌnɪz əm /

noun

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

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the act of or need for making up one's mind.

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Origin of agrarianism

First recorded in 1800–10; agrarian + -ism

Words nearby agrarianism

agranulocytosis, agranuloplastic, agrapha, agraphia, agrarian, agrarianism, agravic, agree, agreeable, agreeance, agreed

Example sentences from the Web for agrarianism

In connection with the above, it will do to say, that as monopolies increase and gain strength, agrarianism also is extending.
The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884|Various
All the disturbing currents of socialism, of agrarianism, of indifferentism play about and upon the place constantly.
France and the Republic|William Henry Hurlbert
Not agrarianism: this could only aggravate the evil by taking away the incentive to effort, in making its rewards insecure.
A Defence of Virginia|Robert L. Dabney
It would protect a country in which almost every voter was a landholder from any sudden frenzy of agrarianism!
The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V|James Russell Lowell

But the most characteristic labor movement of the forties was a resurgence of the old Agrarianism of the twenties.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States|Selig Perlman

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