landlordism

American  

[land-lawr-diz-uhm] / ˈlænd lɔrˌdɪz əm /

noun

1. the practice under which privately owned property is leased or rented to others for occupancy or cultivation.

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landlordism British  

/ ˈlændlɔːˌdɪzəm /

noun

1. the system by which land under private ownership is rented for a fixed sum to tenants

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Etymology

Origin of landlordism

First recorded in 1835–45; landlord + -ism

Example Sentences

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landlordism

While its principal occupant moved gingerly through mine-strewn primary-election fields, the Ford White House plainly reflected the ill effects of absentee landlordism and political-year preoccupation.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a final purge last fall, even this stratagem was exhausted, and old cadres resorted to accusing new cadres of "landlordism."

From Time Magazine Archive

In England there prevail the greater landlordism and the greater agriculture.

From Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" by Engels, Friedrich

The system of Local Government by County Councils, rejected in 1888, was established in 1898, and in 1904 British credit was pledged to secure the extinction of landlordism by purchase.

From A Short History of English Liberalism by Blease, Walter Lyon

His boy, Thomas the younger, was prospering in the New World, where landlordism had not yet grown a curse, and insisted on sharing his modest wealth with his parents.

From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Wilson, Alexander Johnstone