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US/əˈɡrer.i.ən/
UK/əˈɡreə.ri.ən/
relating to farming and farmland, or to a society that depends on agriculture
In context
The country was mostly agrarian until factories began to appear in the 1950s.
Agrarian reform gave small farmers the right to own the land they worked.
The report compares agrarian and industrial economies in Southeast Asia.
Words that go with agrarian
adjective + noun
- agrarian societyAn agrarian society depends on good harvests.
- agrarian economyIts agrarian economy was hit hard by the drought.
- agrarian reformAgrarian reform changed who owned the land.
- agrarian countryMany agrarian countries are now building cities.
- agrarian communityThe agrarian community gathered for the harvest.
adverb + adjective
- largely agrarianThe region remains largely agrarian.