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agrarianism

agrarianism

8.3
A belief that values farming, rural life, and small farmers
  • noun
  • /əˈɡrɛəriənɪzəm/
translation icon : agrarismo
  • Rather, I am concerned to explore the nature of popular agrarianism, its limits, and more importantly, its relationship to an even deeper level of struggle in the countryside—the struggle over the continued political viability of peasant communities and their existence as substantially autonomous reproducers of local ethnic culture.
  • the ideology of agrarianism

It was rooted in this deep belief in agrarianism, an agrarianism that was based on personal honor.

Examples

  • In choosing this generic form to reach his audience, Franklin invests in the ideal that agrarianism and commercialism are mutually enabling.

    Academic text (2016)
  • An ideology of agrarianism embracing the country as a whole, or an identifiable regional space, or even the neighboring village, would not have made much sense to country people of the time.

    Academic text (1993)
  • It was rooted in this deep belief in agrarianism, an agrarianism that was based on personal honor.

  • The death of agrarianism, urbanization, and globalization have merely been sidebars.

    Blog text (20)
  • The early stage of the transition from agrarianism to industrialism witnessed few instances where democratic politics and economic liberalism occurred simultaneously.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Nevertheless, the idyllic economic potential of agrarianism is not limitless; land is a finite commodity, so Franklin stresses the importance of trade along with natural resource production.

    Academic text (2016)
  • American agrarianism could "vie" with British manufactures in terms of productive potential, but an agrarian society is susceptible to the temptation of slavery, and its public is susceptible to corruption.

    Academic text (2016)
  • But it is possible to place these families on a rough spectrum stretching from those families that sponsored houses of hospitality similar to the New York houses, through families that devoted themselves to the agrarian ideals of the movement, to families that incorporated elements of hospitality or agrarianism into outwardly conventional lifestyles.

    Academic text (2007)
  • When Franklin's theory is presented as the rhetorical force that encouraged the mutually enabling dynamic between agrarianism and commercialism in America, then his works exemplify how the public adapted to and understood changing republican political and economic ideals.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Many farmers advocate for agrarianism because it emphasizes the importance of supporting local agriculture and rural lifestyles.

Synonyms

ruralism
vsagrarianism
8.2

Support for country life and values over city life

supports farming communities politically and often backs land reform measures

Antonyms

urbanism
  • Specialized
4 5.9

The study and practice of planning and designing cities

A system in which factories and machine production shape the economy and society

How Pro-Rural

agrarianism
8.3
ruralism
8.2
pastoralism
  • Specialized
1 7.5
urbanism
  • Specialized
4 5.9

Surface Forms

agrarianism singular
agrarianisms plural

Morphology

agrarianism = agrarian (transparent) = agrarian + ism

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'agrarian' with '-ism' denoting a doctrine or ideology related to agriculture and rural values.

Etymology

Agrarianism comes from the Latin root agr- meaning 'field' and shares that root with agriculture, which is about farming. So agrarianism is the belief that values the countryside, farming, and small farmers.