Feudalism

Noun

 * 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.

Related terms

 * feudal
 * feudalistic

Verbs for Feudalism
abhor —; bring under —; check —; convert into —; incline to —; influence —; over¬throw —; practise —; recognize —; reject —; subject to —; support —; — bridles; — clutches; — deprives; — originates; — persists; — reduces; — stultifies; — survives; — treads on; — tyrannizes.

Thesaurus
Nazism, absolutism, bond service, bondage, captivity, centralism, collectivism, communism, constitutionalism, control, debt slavery, democratism, deprivation of freedom, disenfranchisement, disfranchisement, domination, enslavement, enthrallment, fascism, federalism, feudality, governmentalism, helotism, helotry, imperialism, indentureship, monarchism, national socialism, neofascism, parliamentarianism, parliamentarism, peonage, pluralism, political principles, republicanism, restraint, royalism, serfdom, serfhood, servility, servitude, slavery, socialism, statism, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, tyranny, vassalage, villenage

Translations

 * Arabic: إقطاعية
 * Armenian:, ավատատիրություն
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 * Icelandic:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 봉건제도


 * Macedonian:
 * Polish: feudalizm
 * Portuguese: feudalismo
 * Romanian: feudalism
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: феудализам
 * Roman: feudalizam
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese: chế độ phong kiến

Anagrams

 * sulfamide

Noun

 * 1) feudalism