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feudalism

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
English feudal
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English feudalism

    From feudal + -ism.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈfju.də.lɪ.zəm/, [ˈfju.də.lɪ.zm̩]
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    Noun

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    feudalism (countable and uncountable, plural feudalisms)

    1. A social system based on personal ownership of resources and personal fealty between a suzerain (lord) and a vassal (subject). Defining characteristics are direct ownership of resources, personal loyalty, and a hierarchical social structure reinforced by religion.
      • 1921, Emerson Hough, The Passing of the Frontier: A Chronicle of the Old West, page 34:
        It was the beginning of a feudalism of the range, a barony rude enough, but a glorious one, albeit it began, like all feudalism, in large-handed theft and generous murdering.
      • 2003, Ian Douglas, Richard John Hugget, Companion Encyclopedia of Geography, page 212:
        The re-emergence of empire was thwarted by immense topographical variety, coastal confolutions, and wide-openness to the east, which made Christendom difficult to organize and defend as a whole from Viking, barbarian and Islamic attacks round its perimeter; by natural temperateness, which rendered large-scale disasters needing widespread rescue of populations rare (Jones 1981); and by the very devolved political system represented by feudalism, which encouraged the fissipation of whatever larger units did develop.

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Italian feudalismo, French féodalisme. Equivalent to feudal +‎ -ism.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /fe.u.da.ˈlism/
    • Rhymes: -ism
    • Hyphenation: fe‧u‧da‧lism

    Noun

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    feudalism n (uncountable)

    1. feudalism

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