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landlordism

noun

Etymology

From landlord + -ism.

  1. inherited from landhlāford
  2. inherited from londlord
  3. suffixed as landlordism — “landlord + ism”

Definitions

  1. An economic system under which a few private individuals (landlords) own property, and…

    An economic system under which a few private individuals (landlords) own property, and rent it to tenants.

    • What if all the poor people should refuse to pay rent and shelter themselves under the American flag? Landlordism would go crumbling.

  2. A specific variation or implementation of such a system.

    • […] including the racialized landlordisms to which it gives rise.

  3. The actions and behavior of a landlord.

    • Yet his account also implies the carelessness of his landlordism before now and the invisibility to him of those beneath his social horizon (even if they are paying him rent).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA