Refers to the political, economic, and social system based on land ownership and vassalage, especially in medieval Europe and Japan.
Feudalism was the dominant social system in medieval Europe.
日本の封建主義は武士階級によって支えられていた。
Japanese feudalism was supported by the samurai class.
The hierarchy in this company is said to be feudalistic.
Many modern thinkers criticized feudalism.
Japan gradually transitioned from feudalism to capitalism.