agrarianism

[ uh-grair-ee-uh-niz-uhm ]

/ əˈgrɛər i əˌnɪz əm /

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

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First recorded in 1800–10; agrarian + -ism

Then, too, the opposition parties and press seized upon agrarianism and Owen's alleged atheism to brand the whole labor movement.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States|Selig Perlman
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
It is noteworthy that of all social reform movements of the forties Agrarianism alone was not initiated by the intellectuals.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States|Selig Perlman
Thus the program of the new agrarianism: free homesteads, homestead exemption, and land limitation.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States|Selig Perlman

The old contest between agrarianism and capitalism now took on a new vigor.
Contemporary American History, 1877-1913|Charles A. Beard