English

Noun

landlordism ‎(usually uncountable, plural landlordisms)

1. An economic system under which a few private individuals (landlords) own property, and rent it to tenants.
   • 1907, Jack London, The Iron Heel:

     What if all the poor people should refuse to pay rent and shelter themselves under the American flag? Landlordism would go crumbling.

2. A specific variation or implementation of such a system.
   • Reclaiming the land: the resurgence of rural movements in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, edited by Sam Moyo and Paris Yeros, page 33:

     [...] including the racialized landlordisms to which it gives rise.

See also

• capitalism, socialism, communism