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landlordism

American

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

noun

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

landlordism British

/ ˈlændlɔːˌdɪzəm /

noun

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

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landlordism

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 Friedrich Engels

The second stage of retirement from the farm was through absentee landlordism and the placing of tenants on the farm.

From The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology by Warren H. (Warren Hugh) Wilson

The record of Irish landlordism is not bright.

From Irish History and the Irish Question by Goldwin Smith

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