neopastoral en · ADJ
Etymology
From neo- + pastoral.
Meanings
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Being or relating to a new or modern form of pastoral.
But while the traditional pastoral ideal is foreclosed, a neopastoral appeal is beginning to sound, whereby the logic of the via media is, mutatis mutandis, translated across time and space into the terrain of contemporary America.
2003, Andrew McMurry, Environmental Renaissance: Emerson, Thoreau, & the Systems of Nature, page 206:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most neopastoral | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more neopastoral | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |