Definition of "agrarianism" [a•gra•ri•an•ism]

• A movement for equitable distribution of land and for agrarian reform. (noun)

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• "Sounds a lot like the National Revolution of Vichy France – the last major state to believe that prosperity lay in agrarianism."
• "The term agrarianism derived partly from the ancient Roman agrarian law to redistribute property and Thomas Paine's 1797 work, Agrarian Justice Opposed to Agrarian Law, and to Agrarian Monopoly: Being a Plan for Meliorating the Condition of Man, By Creating in Every"
• "Furthermore, I am not one to try and sell the idea of agrarianism to others, I reckon you either see the benefits of it or you don't."