单词 | agrarianism |
释义 | agrarianismn. Now chiefly historical. 1. The theory, advocacy, or practice of equal division of land; (belief in) the redistribution of landed property, or reform of the conditions of tenure of land. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > socialism > [noun] > distributism agrarianism1796 distributivism1915 distributism1926 1796 Monthly Rev. Dec. 423 Irreligion, agrarianism, transitory marriage, they know to be..incompatible with the permanent prosperity of an empire. 1800 Def. Profession of Actor 39 That spirit of levelling which has seized like a mania on almost every rank of society..the..never-ending litigation of agrarianism. 1808 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 26 109 A poor's rate..is an assurance-premium against agrarianism: it is a quit-rent paid to the sovereign people for a recognition of individual titles of possession. 1879 G. J. Holyoake Hist. Co-operation in Eng. II. xx. 323 He was a writer on agrarianism which never had a milder advocate. 1922 J. H. Randall Probl. Group Responsibility to Society (Ph.D. thesis, Columbia Univ.) i. iv. 67 Much dissension between the various radical leaders who..gave it the appearance..of supporting ‘agrarianism’. 2001 C. W. McCurdy Anti-rent Era in N.Y. Law & Politics iii. 61 Agrarianism—the forcible redistribution of property to maintain a free and independent citizenry—was another [method of maintaining republican maxims]. 2. Political agitation, violence, or civil dissension directed towards this; dissatisfaction with the existing system of land tenure. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > political unrest > [noun] > specific agrarianism1830 1830 A. V. Kirwan Let. from Munich to Ld. Palmerston 39 The Saint Simonians in an extacy of sanctified agrarianism may lay hold of the ‘goods and chattels’ of Mr. Lafitte. 1861 G. Smith Irish Hist. 21 Irish agrarianism is..the offspring of a barbarism prolonged by unhappy circumstances. 1869 Times 15 Oct. Condemn agrarianism by all means, pursue with whatever rigour you can those who commit or abet its crimes. 1920 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 392/2 The result gained in controlling agrarianism and in setting up superficial order in communities where matters might have got out of hand. 2010 D. Klinghard Nationalization Amer. Polit. Parties ii. 92 The electoral challenges rarely developed into majority control of state governments, but they did demonstrate the power of organized agrarianism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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