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Rackmanism

Rackmanism is the misspelling of Rachmanism.

Meaning of Rachmanism

Noun

Rachmanism (uncountable)

  1. (UK) The exploitation of tenants of slum properties by unscrupulous landlords; the practice of charging extortionate rents for inferior properties, especially to poor, disadvantaged or immigrant tenants.

Origin of Rackmanism

Variant of Rachmanism, perhaps influenced by rack rent.

Questions about Rackmanism

What is Rackmanism the misspelling of?
Rackmanism is the misspelling of Rachmanism.

Words near Rackmanism in the dictionary

  1. rackless
  2. Rackley
  3. Rackleys
  4. racklike
  5. rackling
  6. Rackmanism
  7. rackmaster
  8. rackmasters
  9. rackmount
  10. rackmounts
  11. rackne

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Rackmanism (page history and authors); Rachmanism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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