agrarian
agrarian
Definition
agrar·ian (ə grer′ē ən)
adjective
- relating to land or to the ownership or division of land
- of agriculture or farmers generally
- promoting land reform or the interests of farmers
Etymology: < L agrarius < ager, a field: see acre
noun
a person who advocates agrarian reform, esp. a more equitable division of land
agrar′i·an·ism′ (-iz′əm) noun
agrarian
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- reform: The nature of a system determines the nature of the agrarian reform, not vise versa.
- capitalism: It managed to combine putting itself at the service of agrarian capitalism with retaining its social power over the masses.
- unrest: This was the cause of the agrarian unrest among the rural population.
- revolt: What was critical in the case of agrarian revolts was much more usually the land itself.
- revolution: The agrarian revolution, which has taken place in Western Europe, still has to take place in the East.
- economy: This is already affecting the agrarian economy of the region.
Modifying Another Word
- predominantly: Sections of the Armenian population were differentiated from the predominantly agrarian, peasant population of Ottoman Turkey by economic position.
- largely: That is the conclusion of an analysis of household survey data from Nepal, a largely agrarian society with a sparse road network.
- essentially: The essentially agrarian economy of the District is symbolized by the sheaves of wheat.
- primarily: Prior to 1959, the Cuban economy was underdeveloped and primarily agrarian in character.
- mainly: There are a total 460 ' thanas ' or sub-districts in this mainly agrarian country.
- just: The so-called Rockite movement was more than just agrarian unrest.
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