landocracy
Noun:
- A class of landowners: "landocracy" refers to a social class or group that holds significant power and influence based on their ownership of land, especially large estates. This term is often used to describe an aristocracy or elite whose wealth and status derive from land rather than commerce or industry.
- (The class of landowners exerted authority due to their land holdings.)
- (The land-owning elite held power over the common people.)
"Landocracy vs. bourgeoisie": This contrast highlights the difference between a land-based ruling class and a capitalist class based on trade and industry.
- The rise of industrial capitalism gradually weakened the traditional landocracy. (The power of landowners diminished as industrial wealth grew.)
"The landocracy's grip": A phrase describing the tight control that landowners have over a region or economy.
- The landocracy's grip on the agricultural economy prevented reforms. (Landowners maintained a strong hold over farming and related sectors.)
Landocrat (n): a member of the landocracy.
- The landocrat refused to sell any of his ancestral property. (A landowner from the powerful class.)
Landocratic (adj): relating to or characteristic of a landocracy.
- The landocratic system favored hereditary estates over merit. (The system was based on land ownership.)
- Aristocracy: a class of people holding hereditary titles and often land.
- Gentry: people of good social position, specifically the class of landowners.
- Squirearchy: the class of landed gentry, especially in rural areas.
"Landed gentry": a traditional term for the landowning class, similar to landocracy.
- The landed gentry enjoyed privileges that the common people did not. (The landowning class had special social advantages.)
"Land is power": an idiom reflecting the idea that ownership of land confers authority.
- In feudal times, land is power, and the landocracy ruled unchallenged. (Land ownership equated to political and economic control.)