landlordism

[ land-lawr-diz-uhm ]

noun

1. the practice under which privately owned property is leased or rented to others for occupancy or cultivation.

landlordism

/ ˈlændlɔːˌdɪzəm /

noun

1. the system by which land under private ownership is rented for a fixed sum to tenants

Word History and Origins

Origin of landlordism¹

First recorded in 1835–45; landlord + -ism

Example Sentences

He put landowners on notice — especially on Negros, calling the island “the bastion of landlordism” where “farmworkers are still enslaved by hunger and poverty, and are being threatened, shot at and massacred by goons and soldiers.”

From New York Times

"We're opposed to absentee landlordism because you can't build a community if nobody is home. Many of the new owners are only here during our summer and then leave the homes empty while they go back to Europe for their summer."

From BBC

One night I saw Jack Smith do a reading, and I can still remember this line, which kind of sums up that era: “The cockroach caravan crosses the rented desert of exotic landlordism.”

From New York Times

The economic and political problem, as the government sees it, is that the rise of private landlordism has crowded out home owners, especially the fabled first-time buyers.

From BBC

Labour's promise of a national register of landlords and agencies will help stop slum landlordism.

From The Guardian