feudalistic
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- adjective
- /ˌfjuːdəlˈɪstɪk/
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feudalista
- In a feudalistic society, peasants were bound to the land and required to work for the lords in exchange for protection.
Examples
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feudalistic system kept the majority of the population in poverty while a few wealthy landowners thrived.
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At stake was not just national independence but also social reform, the transformation of a basically feudalistic society into a modern, capitalistic one.
Academic text (2014) -
As pure a feudalistic state as there ever was in the 9th through 15th centuries.
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If they succeed, then the rest of us are doomed to a life as peasants in the feudalistic society that they are working so hard to form.
Blog text (17) -
Cultural backwardness expressed in superstition, blind obedience, factionalism, and other feudalistic practices is still part of the legacy of history.
Academic text (1992) -
The dependence of Japan's economy on a conservative and feudalistic Saudi Arabia, as well as Japan's sensitive relationships with China and the Republic of Korea, forces it to think twice before speaking out on human rights.
Academic text (1991) -
Internally, nationalism—traced to a common geography, language, memory of traditions, and historical past—has contributed to the breakdown of feudalistic particularism and divisionism.
Academic text (1991) -
They are remnants of the Swabian dynastic families who have remained rich but loosely in control of our so-called democracies and are moving to return to full feudalistic power.
Blog text (5) -
However, Aquino's inability to restructure the feudalistic socioeconomic system in the Philippines detracts somewhat from her success in revitalizing constitutional rule, free elections, freedom of the press, and autonomous institutions accountable to the public.
Academic text (1991) -
Many historians argue that the feudalistic structures of the Middle Ages shaped modern societal hierarchies.
Synonyms
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A system where lords own land and farmers work it for protection
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Relating to a system where local lords rule people by loyalty
Relating to the old system where lords owned land and ruled villages
Relating to the rights and power of a feudal lord
About a lord and the rights and duties he had over land
About a lord's rights and duties, especially in the Middle Ages
Partly like a system where a few people own most land and power
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Feudalistic comes from old words like feud and fief, which meant 'land' a lord gave to a person in return for 'service'. So, to call something feudalistic is to say it is like that old system, where a few lords held most power and others served them.