unfeudalize
The government implemented policies to unfeudalize the land ownership system.
Verb (transitive): - To remove feudal characteristics from: "unfeudalize" means to eliminate or strip away the qualities, structures, or practices associated with feudalism (a medieval social and political system based on land ownership and hierarchy). It describes the act of modernizing or reforming a society, institution, or system to make it less feudal in nature.
- (The government aimed to remove feudal landholding practices.)
- (Reforms were made to eliminate feudal economic structures.)
"to unfeudalize a society": to transform a society by dismantling feudal hierarchies and institutions.
- The revolution attempted to unfeudalize the entire social order, abolishing titles and privileges. (The revolution sought to eliminate feudal social classes.)
"to unfeudalize an institution": to modernize an organization or system by removing feudal elements.
- The university had to unfeudalize its governance structure to become more democratic. (The university removed outdated feudal practices from its administration.)
Unfeudalized (adj): having been stripped of feudal characteristics.
- The unfeudalized territories adopted a modern legal code. (The territories had their feudal features removed.)
Unfeudalization (n): the process of removing feudal traits.
- The rapid unfeudalization of the region led to social upheaval. (The process of de-feudalizing caused instability.)
- De-feudalize: to remove feudal elements.
- Modernize: to make more contemporary or less traditional.
- Democratize: to make more egalitarian or less hierarchical.
- (None commonly associated with "unfeudalize"; the word is rare and typically used as a standalone verb.)
- (No idioms directly involve "unfeudalize"; it is a technical or historical term.)