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

His singular abnegation could not put an end to the evils of landlordism, even to the extent of his own plot of ground.

From The Critical Game by Macy, John Albert

The record of Irish landlordism is not bright.

From Irish History and the Irish Question by Smith, Goldwin

In 1838 the Under-Secretary, Thomas Drummond, boldly told the Tipperary Magistrates, who cried out for coercion, that landlordism was the cause of agrarian crime, and that remedial legislation, not coercion, was the remedy.

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