landlordism

[ land-lawr-diz-uhm ]

noun

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

landlordism

/ ˈlændlɔːˌdɪzəm /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of landlordism¹

First recorded in 1835–45; landlord + -ism

Example Sentences

The world was somewhat weary of Landlordism, Pauperism, and Protestantism, and all the other "isms" of that unhappy country.

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The heretofore obsequious Orangemen will refuse to respond to the tocsin of landlordism.

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The natural result of landlordism everywhere is already foreshadowed in this country by the example of William Scully in Illinois.

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Soon his estates began to suffer from that very dangerous economic sickness, known as "Absentee Landlordism."

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Thus, historical investigators have been digging around the foundations of Irish landlordism.

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