latifundio
Vast agricultural holding
A latifundio is a large agricultural estate, particularly in Latin America or Spain, typically owned by a single wealthy family and worked by tenant farmers or laborers.
The system concentrates land ownership among a small elite while the majority remain landless: Land reform sought to break up the latifundios.
The term carries connotations of economic inequality and feudal-like social structures.
Sharing out again differently
- landlessOwning no real estate
- peasantryRural working class
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
- oligarchyRule by few
concentration · expropriation · poverty · exploitation · marginalization · stratification · cacique · patron
Spanish-speaking country estate
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- estateProperty and grounds
- fincaSpanish rural property
- estanciaLatin American cattle ranch
rancho · demesne · manor · property · acreage · domain · landholding · grounds
Fostering growth through care
- harvestGathering mature crops
- cropsCultivated plants for harvest
- monocultureSingle-crop agricultural system
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
tillage · sowing · plowing · husbandry · agronomy · pasture · cattle · sugarcane
Forced indigenous labor grant
- conquistadorsSpanish colonial soldiers
- repartimientoDistributing among recipients
- viceroyaltyTerritory under delegated sovereignty
- indigenousOriginating in a region
exploitation · colonization · mercantilism · slavery · empire · subjugation · tribute · missionaries
redistribution
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- landlessOwning no real estate
- peasantryRural working class
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
oligarchy · concentration · expropriation · poverty · exploitation · marginalization · stratification · cacique · patron · disparity
hacienda
Spanish-speaking country estate
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- estateProperty and grounds
- fincaSpanish rural property
estancia · rancho · demesne · manor · property · acreage · domain · landholding · grounds · holdings
cultivation
Fostering growth through care
- harvestGathering mature crops
- cropsCultivated plants for harvest
- monocultureSingle-crop agricultural system
irrigation · tillage · sowing · plowing · husbandry · agronomy · pasture · cattle · sugarcane · coffee
encomienda
Forced indigenous labor grant
- conquistadorsSpanish colonial soldiers
- repartimientoDistributing among recipients
- viceroyaltyTerritory under delegated sovereignty
indigenous · exploitation · colonization · mercantilism · slavery · empire · subjugation · tribute · missionaries · settlers
vast
Extremely great in size
enormous · immense · boundless · sweeping · hectares · acres · territory · expanse · broad · far-reaching
latifundiosmallholding
Small cultivated land parcel
small farm · family farm · subsistence farm · croft · allotment
latifundioland reform
Redistributing agricultural holdings
agrarian reform · land redistribution · communal land · kibbutz