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landlordism
[ land-lawr-diz-uhm ]
noun
- the practice under which privately owned property is leased or rented to others for occupancy or cultivation.
landlordism
/ ˈlændlɔːˌdɪzəm /
noun
- the system by which land under private ownership is rented for a fixed sum to tenants
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Word History and Origins
Origin of landlordism1
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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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