Antirentism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Antirenter \An`ti*rent"er\, n.
     One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in
     1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the
     patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the
     State of New York. -- {An`ti*rent"ism}, n.
     [1913 Webster]