landlordism

[ land-lawr-diz-uhm ]

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

Origin of landlordism

1
First recorded in 1835–45; landlord + -ism

Words Nearby landlordism

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How to use landlordism in a sentence

  • The world was somewhat weary of landlordism, Pauperism, and Protestantism, and all the other "isms" of that unhappy country.

    Roland Cashel | Charles James Lever
  • The heretofore obsequious Orangemen will refuse to respond to the tocsin of landlordism.

    Seven Short Plays | Lady Gregory
  • The natural result of landlordism everywhere is already foreshadowed in this country by the example of William Scully in Illinois.

  • Soon his estates began to suffer from that very dangerous economic sickness, known as "Absentee landlordism."

    The Story of Mankind | Hendrik van Loon
  • Thus, historical investigators have been digging around the foundations of Irish landlordism.

British Dictionary definitions for landlordism

landlordism

/ (ˈlændlɔːˌdɪzəm) /


noun
  1. the system by which land under private ownership is rented for a fixed sum to tenants

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