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feudalist

feudalist

1 8.9
Relating to a system where local lords rule people by loyalty
  • adjective
  • /ˈfjuːdəlist/
translation icon : feudalista
  • Now, our current 0.1%ers are neither fascist, nor feudalist, nor lawless.

Young people are not, you know, the serfs in in a new neo feudalist economy or anything like that.

Examples

  • This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent private meetings and conferences.

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  • Real talk such as this involves the most important issue in a neo-feudalist society—nepotism.

    Blog text (2)
  • Young people are not, you know, the serfs in in a new neo feudalist economy or anything like that.

  • I want, as the likelihood of Kali going for the Feudalist Reactionary Party is pretty low.

    Blog text (18)
  • Angkar rejects everything that was part of imperialist and feudalist society.

  • Chinese officials accused the "evil Dalai clique" of attempting to restore "feudalist serfdom" in the region and called for a "people's war" against it.

    Academic text (2008)
  • "Maybe he felt so castrated by the doldrum, pay-cheque-to-pay-cheque, "chick-tract, Protestant-work-ethic, neo-feudalist life "he felt was an old record skipping.

  • The government introduced policies that many critics believe promote a neofeudalist economic structure.

  • In a feudalist system, loyalty and land ownership are essential components of the social hierarchy.

  • The resurgence of feudalist ideals in modern politics has sparked widespread debate about class and privilege.

Synonyms

feudal
vsfeudalist
19 7.7

A system where lords own land and farmers work it for protection

focuses on hierarchical loyalty and patronage within that system
feudalistic
vsfeudalist
1 9.5

A society where a few owners of land have power and many people work for them

stresses the hierarchical loyalty and patronage structure in particular
signorial
vsfeudalist
  • Archaic
9.9

About a lord's rights and duties, especially in the Middle Ages

focuses on the wider system of hierarchy and patronage rather than lord rights
seigneurial
vsfeudalist
  • Archaic
9.9

Relating to the old system where lords owned land and ruled villages

refers to the overall hierarchical loyalty and patronage system instead of land focus
seigniorial
vsfeudalist
  • Archaic
9.9

Relating to the rights and power of a feudal lord

emphasizes the broader decentralized hierarchy and patronage beyond individual lord rights
seignorial
vsfeudalist
  • Archaic
9.9

About a lord and the rights and duties he had over land

highlights systemwide loyalty and patronage rather than single lord privileges

Surface Forms

feudalist positive

Morphology

feudalist = feudal (transparent) = feudal + ist

The adjective is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ist' to 'feudal', so its meaning is clearly derived from 'feudal'.

Etymology

Feudalist comes from an old word feud meaning 'land given for service' and is related to fee meaning 'payment'. So a feudalist system is one where land, loyalty and service are traded and power stays with local lords.