🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

aristocracia fundiária

Pronunciation / Transliteration: a.ɾis.to.kɾaˈsi.a fũ.diˈa.ɾi.a

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Landocracy/lænˈdɒk.rə.si/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A aristocracia fundiária exerceu forte influência na história agrária do país."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A government or social order dominated by a class of large landowners or landed proprietors.

    "The country's early political landscape was heavily controlled by a powerful landocracy that resisted agrarian reforms."
  2. 2

    The class of large landowners collectively holding significant economic and political influence.

    "The traditional landocracy held immense wealth derived from extensive agricultural estates."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the English word 'land' (from Old English land, lond) and the suffix '-ocracy' (derived from the Greek 'okratia', meaning rule or power). It emerged in the 19th century to describe political or social systems dominated by large landowners, directly paralleling terms like aristocracy in an agrarian context.

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🇫🇷French → English

aristocratie foncière

Transliteration: a.ʁis.tɔ.kʁa.si fɔ̃.sjɛʁ

"L'aristocratie foncière dominait l'économie rurale de l'ancien régime."

🇩🇪German → English

Grundbesitzeraristokratie

Transliteration: ɡʁʊnt.bəˈzɪʦɐ.a.ʁis.to.kʁaˈtiː

"Die Grundbesitzeraristokratie übte großen Einfluss auf die Politik aus."

🇮🇹Italian → English

aristocrazia fondiaria

Transliteration: a.ris.to.kraˈt͡si.a fonˈdja.rja

"L'aristocrazia fondiaria possedeva la maggior parte dei terreni agricoli."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

aristocracia terrateniente

Transliteration: a.ɾis.toˈkɾa.sja te.ra.tenˈjente

"La aristocracia terrateniente controlaba el poder político durante el siglo XIX."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

aristocracia fundiária

Transliteration: a.ɾis.to.kɾaˈsi.a fũ.diˈa.ɾi.a

"A aristocracia fundiária exerceu forte influência na história agrária do país."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

भूस्वामी कुलीनतंत्र

Transliteration: bhu-swami kulintantra

"भूस्वामी कुलीनतंत्र ने ग्रामीण अर्थव्यवस्था पर अपना नियंत्रण बनाए रखा।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

土地贵族统治

Transliteration: tǔ dì guì zú tǒng zhì

"土地贵族统治在古代农业社会中占有支配地位。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

지주 귀족정

Transliteration: jiju gwijokjeong

"지주 귀족정은 전통 사회에서 강력한 정치적 권력을 행사했다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

土地貴族政治

Transliteration: tochi kizoku seiji

"土地貴族政治は、かつて多くの農業国の政治構造を支配していた。"

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