Peasantization
//ˌpɛzn̩tʌɪˈzeɪʃn̩// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The process of creating a peasant class involved in small-scale agrarian practices. uncountable
"At the same time, a strategy of peasantization might reduce (but this is by no means certain) or postpone (perhaps for a generation or so) the more acute social and political conflicts which are inherent in the process of marginalization."
Example
More examples"At the same time, a strategy of peasantization might reduce (but this is by no means certain) or postpone (perhaps for a generation or so) the more acute social and political conflicts which are inherent in the process of marginalization."
Etymology
From peasantize + -ation.
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