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landownership

landownership noun: the state or position of landowner.

Noun

landownership (countable and uncountable, plural landownerships)

  1. The state or position of landowner.
    • The populists want Russia to enjoy the benefits of industrial development without its consequences in the form of rural proletarianization, the concentration of landownership, and the decline of the village commune.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
  2. The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.

Forms of landownership

plurallandownerships

Origin of landownership

From landowner + -ship.

Questions about landownership

What does landownership mean?
Landownership means the state or position of landowner.
What part of speech is landownership?
Landownership is a noun.
What is the plural of landownership?
The plural of landownership is landownerships.

Words near landownership in the dictionary

  1. Landorian
  2. Landos
  3. Landover
  4. landowner
  5. landowners
  6. landownership
  7. landownerships
  8. landowning
  9. landownings
  10. Landowski
  11. Landowskis

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