peasantization
UK/ˌpɛzn̩tʌɪˈzeɪʃn̩/
peasantization noun: the process of creating a peasant class involved in small-scale agrarian practices.
Noun
peasantization (uncountable)
- The process of creating a peasant class involved in small-scale agrarian practices.
- At the same time, a strategy of peasantization might reduce (but this is by no means certain) or postpone (perhaps for a generation or so) the more acute social and political conflicts which are inherent in the process of marginalization.1981, Rodolfo Stavenhagen, Between Underdevelopment and Revolution, page 123
- Indeed, in so far as the ‘peasantisation’ of the squires was in line with the basic peasant ideal of creating a society made up entirely of smallholding family farmers, it was even something to be welcomed.1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society, published 2015, page 602
Forms of peasantization
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Origin of peasantization
From peasantize + -ation.
Words formed from peasantization
Questions about peasantization
- What does peasantization mean?
- Peasantization means the process of creating a peasant class involved in small-scale agrarian practices.
- What part of speech is peasantization?
- Peasantization is a noun.
- How do you pronounce peasantization?
- Peasantization is pronounced /ˌpɛzn̩tʌɪˈzeɪʃn̩/ (UK).
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