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

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

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 England there prevail the greater landlordism and the greater agriculture.

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

Vacant lots of a few years before became congested with packed humanity; landlordism and slums flourished side by side, the one as a development of the other.

From History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times by Gustavus, Myers

Another fierce outburst of agrarianism in 1842 startled English public opinion, and drew from The Times a memorable condemnation of landlordism.

From The New Irish Constitution by Morgan, J. H.