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pastoralism

[ pas-ter-uh-liz-uhm, pah-ster- ]

noun

  1. the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pastoralism1

First recorded in 1850–55; pastoral + -ism

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Example Sentences

The character of Angelica, however, and stray touches of pastoralism in the last play, hint at an impending change.

George Peele has left behind him a name associated with sweetness of versification and graceful pastoralism.

In France the interest of pastoralism, from our present point of view, is summed up in the work of one man--Clément Marot.

It is presumably at this point that Randolph's Amyntas should appear in a chronological survey of English pastoralism.

A study which I have found very useful both in relation to Spanish and French pastoralism.

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