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

Is it wilful blindness or merely the desire to banish landlordism from the country which induces this senseless outcry?

From Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes by Lambert, Nannie

English landlordism is the immediate ancestor of the property concept that is universally accepted in the business world of to-day.

From The American Empire by Nearing, Scott

English landlordism was based on the idea of divine right of property.

From The American Empire by Nearing, Scott