Opposed to or acting against feudalism, the medieval system where lords ruled lands and peasants served them.
From anti- + feudal (relating to feudalism). Emerged during the Renaissance and Enlightenment as thinkers and revolutionaries rejected medieval social structures.
Antifeudal ideas literally shaped the modern world—the American and French Revolutions were built on antifeudal thinking that said no king should own people or their labor.
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