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tenantism

tenantism noun: the status of a tenant.

Noun

tenantism (uncountable)

  1. The status of a tenant.
    • Then I saw how a spot no larger than this could be crowded with millions of souls, and yet be apparently uninhabited. Romanism increases the degradation of tenantism, and rum completes it.1866, Gilbert Haven, The Pilgrim's Wallet, page 8

Origin of tenantism

From tenant + -ism.

Questions about tenantism

What does tenantism mean?
Tenantism means the status of a tenant.
What part of speech is tenantism?
Tenantism is a noun.

Words near tenantism in the dictionary

  1. tenant-right
  2. tenantable
  3. tenantableness
  4. tenanted
  5. tenanting
  6. tenantism
  7. tenantless
  8. tenantlessness
  9. tenantlike
  10. tenantries
  11. tenantry

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