feudalism
Example Sentences
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He was a marvelous paradox: an alienated Everyman, a dignified buffoon, an avatar of ordinary Italianness menaced on one side by modern materialism and on the other by the encrusted legacies of feudalism and fascism.
From New York Times
The only true way out of the quagmire of this technological feudalism into which we've plunged ourselves is by following the sewage to the source.
From Salon
But for now it has more in common with French feudalism of the ninth century – when territorial disputes were commonplace – than a modern unified sport movement headed for the Olympics.
From Salon
Mr. Bankhead characterized the current landscape as a form of “digital feudalism” for aspiring working farmers.
From New York Times
Tribalism, feudalism and superstition are among the medieval codes that are resurgent in the “post-truth” digital age.
From New York Times
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