Agrargesellschaft
German
Etymology
agrar- (“agricultural”) + Gesellschaft (“society”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aˈɡʁaːɐ̯ɡəˌzɛlʃaft]
- Hyphenation: Ag‧rar‧ge‧sell‧schaft
Noun
Agrargesellschaft f (genitive Agrargesellschaft, plural Agrargesellschaften)
- (sociology, history) agrarian society, agricultural society (a society whose economy is based on producing and maintaining crops and farmland)
- In einer Agrargesellschaft ist der Besitz von Grund und Boden die primäre Quelle von Reichtum und Macht.
- In an agrarian society, the ownership of land is the primary source of wealth and power.
- Mit der industriellen Revolution vollzog sich der Wandel von der Agrargesellschaft zur Industriegesellschaft.
- With the Industrial Revolution, the transition from an agrarian society to an industrial society took place.
- (agriculture, commerce) agricultural company
Declension
Declension of Agrargesellschaft [feminine]
Synonyms
- Agrarstaat (when referring to a country)
Antonyms
- Industriegesellschaft (industrial society)
- Informationsgesellschaft (information society)
Coordinate terms
- Subsistenzwirtschaft (subsistence economy; often the basis of agrarian societies)
- Feudalismus (feudalism)
- Jahresüberschuss (net income; in agrarian contexts highly dependent on the harvest yield)
- Zahlungskraft (solvency; historically often replaced by payments in kind)
- Wirtschaftskraft (economic power)
Related terms
- Agrargemeinschaft
- Agrargenossenschaft
- Agrarsektor (agricultural sector)
- Agrarreform (agrarian reform)
References
- “Agrargesellschaft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Agrargesellschaft” in Duden online