agrarianism

noun

agrar·​i·​an·​ism ə-ˈgrer-ē-ə-ˌni-zəm 

: a social or political movement designed to bring about land reforms or to improve the economic status of the farmer

Examples of agrarianism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Reading him has long offered me a therapeutic shortcut past a lot of wasteful, distracting consumerism, and to the wisdom of agrarianism, as well as the importance of fidelity to one’s household and community. — Nick Offerman, Outside Online, 6 Mar. 2023

Dawes meant both to disaggregate Indian land and to desegregate it, bringing in farmers who would model civilized agrarianism for their Indian neighbors. — Philip Deloria, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022

Everyone from proponents of small-scale agrarianism to climate thought-leaders like Kerry loves this idea. — Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic, 19 May 2021

He was also inspired by the do-it-yourself ethos of the Whole Earth Catalog, the legendary 1960s book of tools for hippie agrarianism. — Steven Levy, Wired, 5 Jan. 2021

But American conservatism shouldn’t be reduced to nostalgic agrarianism. — Jonah Goldberg Tribune News Service (tns), Star Tribune, 27 Oct. 2020

Word History

Etymology

agrarian entry 1 + -ism

First Known Use

1796, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for agrarianism

• activism
• albinism
• altruism
• aneurism
• animism
• aphorism
• atomism
• barbarism
• bolshevism
• botulism
• brahmanism
• calvinism