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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.


Etymology

Origin of agrarianism

First recorded in 1800–10; agrarian + -ism


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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

It would protect a country in which almost every voter was a landholder from any sudden frenzy of agrarianism!

From The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays by James Russell Lowell

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