封ほう建けん主しゅ義ぎ

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Meanings

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Refers to the political, economic, and social system based on land ownership and vassalage, especially in medieval Europe and Japan.

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Feudalism was the dominant social system in medieval Europe.

日本にほんの封ほう建けん主しゅ義ぎは武ぶ士し階かい級きゅうによって支ささえられていた。

Japanese feudalism was supported by the samurai class.

封ほう建けん制せい度ど
封建制度 names the concrete feudal system or institutions, while 封建主義 refers to the underlying ideology of feudalism.
封ほう建けん社しゃ会かい
封建社会 describes the feudal society itself, whereas 封建主義 is the abstract principle or belief system behind it.
封ほう建けんN1
封建 is the general noun/adjectival form for 'feudal', while 封建主義 specifically names feudalism as a political-economic ideology or system.

民みん主しゅ主しゅ義ぎ
民主主義 (democracy), with its emphasis on equality and popular rule, is often contrasted with 封建主義, which is based on rigid hierarchy and land-based vassalage.

Compound of 封建 (feudal) and 主義 (principle, doctrine). The term is a modern coinage used to describe the historical system of feudalism.

Many modern thinkers criticized feudalism.

Japan gradually transitioned from feudalism to capitalism.