Peasantness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Peasantness is a noun meaning The lifestyle or status of a peasant.
Meaning
The lifestyle or status of a peasant.
Example Sentences
Ethnicity as a dimension of social identity thus contrasts with peasantness in not being based primarily in the productionist assumptions of the latter term.
The China case was also incorporated in an international debate that centered on the conflict between conserving “peasantness” versus “peasant elimination” in the course of development and globalization (Bernstein 2006; Ellis 2000; Kitching 2001; Zaputovich 2009).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include peasantry, peasanthood, plebeianism, plebeianness, pauperism, poorness.
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