feudalism

English

Etymology

From feudal +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfju.dəlɪzəm/
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Noun

feudalism (countable and uncountable, plural feudalisms)

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

Translations

social system

Arabic: إِقْطَاعِيَّة‎ f (ʾiqṭāʿiyya)
Armenian: ֆեոդալիզմ (hy) (feodalizm), ավատատիրություն (hy) (avatatirutʿyun)
Catalan: feudalisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 封建（制度） (zh) (fēngjiàn [zhìdù])
Czech: feudalismus m
Dutch: feodalisme (nl) n, leenstelsel (nl) n
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: feodalismi (fi)
French: féodalisme (fr) m
Georgian: ფეოდალიზმი (peodalizmi)
German: Feudalismus m
Greek: φεουδαρχία (el) f (feoudarchía), δουλοπαροικία (el) f (douloparoikía)
Icelandic: lénsskipulag n, lénskerfi n, lénsveldi n
Indonesian: feodalisme (id)
Japanese: 封建制度 (ja) (hōken seido)
Korean: 봉건제도 (ko) (bonggeon-jedo)
Latin: feudalismus m
Macedonian: феудализам m (feudalízam)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: føydalisme m

Nynorsk: føydalisme m
Polish: feudalizm (pl) m
Portuguese: feudalismo (pt)
Romanian: feudalism (ro) n
Russian: феодали́зм (ru) m (feodalízm), феода́льный строй m (feodálʹnyj stroj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: феудалѝзам m

Roman: feudalìzam (sh) m
Slovak: feudalizmus (sk) m
Spanish: feudalismo (es) m
Swedish: feodalism (sv) c
Tagalog: pagkamalaalipin
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: feodalizm (tr), feodalite (tr), derebeylik (tr)
Vietnamese: chế độ phong kiến

See also

Anagrams

sulfamide

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian feudalismo, French féodalisme.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fe.u.da.ˈlism/

Noun

feudalism n (uncountable)

feudalism

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