Alodalist

/əˈloʊdiəˌlɪst/ noun

Definition

A person who advocates for or supports the system of alodial (absolute) land ownership; a scholar or proponent of alodialism.

Etymology

Formed from 'alodia' plus '-ist' (suffix indicating a person who follows a system or ideology), following the pattern of 'feudalist' or 'royalist.'

Kelly Says

The invention of 'alodalist' shows how scholars created a whole vocabulary in the 1800s to debate medieval property systems—these words helped them think clearly about historical economics!

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