land reform

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noun

any program, especially when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless.

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Origin of land reform

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Words nearby land reform

land-poor, land power, landrace, land rail, land rain, land reform, Landrost, Landrum-Griffin Act, Landry, lands, land sailing

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How to use land reform in a sentence

Somoza’s corruption and violence had alienated even Nicaragua’s business classes, and a broad popular front implemented a mixed economy promoting popular organization, land reform and the socialization of basic services.
The root cause of Central American migration? The United States.|Aviva Chomsky|July 8, 2021|Washington Post
In the 1930s this was a “Soviet base” for the Communist Red Army, and one of the first places in China to complete “land reform.”
An Oral History of Mao’s Greatest Crime|Zhou Xun|November 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Land-reform in its earliest stages, like trade unionism in England, was accompanied by disorder.
Ireland and Poland|Thomas William Rolleston
Land reform has not yet advanced equally far, and will probably be reserved for the next burst of democratic energy.
Town Life in Australia|R. E. N. (Richard) Twopeny

A sound land reform must—in this country at least—set its face in precisely the contrary direction.
Contemporary Socialism|John Rae
The Unionists were determined to defeat land reform, and absolute Ministerialist unity was necessary to frustrate their design.
The Annual Register 1914|Anonymous
The new Kuomintang was more socialistic, as is shown by its admission of Communists and the stress laid upon land reform.
A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.]|Wolfram Eberhard

British Dictionary definitions for land reform

land reform

noun

the redistributing of large agricultural holdings among the landless

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