land reform

noun

1. any program, especially when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless.

land reform

noun

1. the redistributing of large agricultural holdings among the landless

Word History and Origins

Origin of land reform¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

Somoza’s corruption and violence had alienated even Nicaragua’s business classes, and a broad popular front implemented a mixed economy promoting popular organization, land reform and the socialization of basic services.

From Washington Post

In the 1930s this was a “Soviet base” for the Communist Red Army, and one of the first places in China to complete “land reform.”

From The Daily Beast

Land-reform in its earliest stages, like trade unionism in England, was accompanied by disorder.

From Project Gutenberg

Land reform has not yet advanced equally far, and will probably be reserved for the next burst of democratic energy.

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A sound land reform must—in this country at least—set its face in precisely the contrary direction.

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The Unionists were determined to defeat land reform, and absolute Ministerialist unity was necessary to frustrate their design.

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The new Kuomintang was more socialistic, as is shown by its admission of Communists and the stress laid upon land reform.

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