feudalism

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfju.dəlɪzəm/

Noun

feudalism (countable and uncountable; plural feudalisms)

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

Translations

social system

Arabic: إقطاعية (ar) ('iqTaa3íyya) f. Armenian: ֆեոդալիզմ (hy) (feodalizm), ավատատիրություն (hy) (avatatirut’yun) Chinese: Mandarin: 封建（制度） (cmn) (fēngjiàn [zhìdù]) Czech: feudalismus (cs) m. Dutch: feodalisme (nl) n., leenstelsel (nl) n. Finnish: feodalismi (fi) French: féodalisme (fr) m. German: Feudalismus (de) m. Icelandic: lénsskipulag (is) n., lénskerfi (is) n., lénsveldi (is) n. Japanese: 封建制度 (ja) (hōken seido) Korean: 봉건제도 (ko) (bonggeon-jedo)

Macedonian: феудализам (mk) (feudalízam) m. Polish: feudalizm (pl) m. Portuguese: feudalismo (pt) Romanian: feudalism (ro) n. Russian: феодализм (ru) (feodalízm) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: феудалѝзам (sh) m. Roman: feudalìzam (sh) m. Slovak: feudalizmus (sk) m. Spanish: feudalismo (es) m. Vietnamese: chế độ phong kiến (vi)

See also

• capitalism
• communism
• monarchy
• peasant
• serf
• suzerain
• vassal

Anagrams

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Romanian

Noun

feudalism n.

1. feudalism