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

“We’re always talking about the spirit of American agrarianism and the soul of rural America and this has shifted into a conversation of those same dynamics in India.”

From Washington Times

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

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

The panels exemplify the tradition of Mexican muralism and depict moments in the country’s history, from its settlement by the Aztecs, to the landing of Christopher Columbus, to the dawn of the nation’s transition from agrarianism to industry.

From Washington Post

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

From Seattle Times