[f. prec. + -ISM.]
1. The principle of a uniform division of lands.
1808. W. Taylor, in Month. Mag., XXVI. 109. A poor’s rate … is an assurance-premium against agrarianism: it is a quit-rent paid to the sovereign people for a recognition of individual titles of possession.
2. Political agitation or civil dissension arising from dissatisfaction with the existing tenure of the land.
1861. Goldw. Smith, Irish Hist., 21. Irish agrarianism is … the offspring of a barbarism prolonged by unhappy circumstances.
1869. Times, 15 Oct. Condemn agrarianism by all means, pursue with whatever rigour you can those who commit or abet its crimes.
