Peasantization

//ˌpɛzn̩tʌɪˈzeɪʃn̩// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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"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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