Landowning
(noun)
- The act of owning land.
- The state of possessing land as property.
Origin:
From land (noun) + owning (verb).
Examples:
- The landowning class had a significant amount of power and influence in society.
- The government introduced policies to limit the amount of land one person can own to promote landowning equality.
- The landowning system in the country was based on the feudal system.
- The new law aimed to protect the rights of small landowning farmers.
- The landowning of the indigenous people was taken away without compensation during the colonization process.