agrarianism

American  

[uh-grair-ee-uh-niz-uhm] / əˈgrɛər i əˌnɪz əm /

noun

1. a movement for the equal division of landed property and for the promotion of agricultural interests.

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Etymology

Origin of agrarianism

First recorded in 1800–10; agrarian + -ism

Example Sentences

You also talk in “The Art of Loading Brush” about agrarianism being a feeling, or a kind of instinct, and I wonder—maybe this is a silly question—if we’re all born with that instinct.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 14, 2019

He urges people to dedicate themselves instead to local community — a sort of Wendell Berry agrarianism.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2018

Jefferson, in contrast, is depicted as a Virginia-centric slaveholder singing the praises of agrarianism.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2015

Jefferson’s Southern agrarianism was deeply suspicious of New York’s mercantile wealth.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2011

But he is only just and fair, which, in the ethics of Irish agrarianism, is equivalent to being a rack-renter and a tyrant.

From The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent by Gordon, Home, Sir, Bart.