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agriculturism

agriculturism noun: the practice of agriculture.

Noun

agriculturism (uncountable)

  1. The practice of agriculture.
    • The estate to which we allude is located on section 19, Crete Township, and comprises two hundred and thirty-eight acres of well developed land. It is well stocked with domestic animals and farm implements and machinery of the best models, the evidences of progressive agriculturism being everywhere...1890, Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois
    • Firstly, Japan is in such a topographical condition and technical restriction as to make it impossible to adopt the use of machinery upon such an extensive scale as is emphasized by Marxist agriculturism.1933, The Japan Magazine - Volume 23, page 75
  2. Synonym of agriculturalism.
    • The sudden uprearing of a genuine bit of aboriginal agriculturism in the midst of the conventionalities of party politics is always interesting.1890, William Thomas Stead, The Review of Reviews - Volume 2, page 321
    • As we examine agriculturism, it is very difficult to separate what actually is myth from what is pure political opportunism or even genuine social concern.1972, R. Jones, Community in Crisis: French-Canadian Nationalism in Perspective, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    agriculturalism

Examples of agriculturism in a sentence

  • It is well stocked with domestic animals and farm implements and machinery of the best models, the evidences of progressive agriculturism being everywhere manifest.1890, Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois:
  • The inverse relationship between the degree of agriculturism and urbanization has been documented by Davis, Hertz and Golden.1972, The Sarawak Museum Journal, page 182:
  • Agriculturism is said to be positively correlated to fertility by 10 studies (Das 1938; Davis 1944, 1946, 1951; Driver 1963; Ghurye 1934; Jain 1939; Krishnanmurthy 1968.2003, Shakeel Ahmad, Muslim Attitude Towards Family Planning, →ISBN, page 79:
  • Agriculturism and orthodox national socialism remained strictly minority views within the rightist press, but both were nonetheless very 84 important to Japanese politics in the 1930's.1983, Gregory James Kasza, Political Regimes and Mass Media Policy in Imperial Japan, 1868-1945:

Synonyms of agriculturism

Origin of agriculturism

From agriculture + -ism.

Questions about agriculturism

What does agriculturism mean?
Agriculturism means the practice of agriculture.
How do you use agriculturism in a sentence?
It is well stocked with domestic animals and farm implements and machinery of the best models, the evidences of progressive agriculturism being everywhere manifest.
What part of speech is agriculturism?
Agriculturism is a noun.

Words near agriculturism in the dictionary

  1. agriculture
  2. agriculturer
  3. agriculturers
  4. agricultures
  5. agriculturise
  6. agriculturism
  7. agriculturist
  8. agriculturists
  9. agriculturize
  10. agridollar
  11. agridollars

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