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nomadism en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English nomad Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English nomadism From nomad + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The way of life of a nomad or nomads.
    • Like the Mesolithic age of 10,000-8000 B.C., the period 6000-4000 B.C. seems to be one of the fall of fortresses and the rise of pastoral nomadism. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 160:

Forms

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Deriveds

digital nomadism

Relateds

nomadistic

Translations (17)

sw uhamahamaji (way of life of a nomad) · ka მომთაბარეობა (way of life of a nomad) · ru кочево́й о́браз жи́зни (way of life of a nomad) · es nomadismo (way of life of a nomad) · pl koczownictwo (way of life of a nomad) · pl nomadyzm (way of life of a nomad) · is hjarðmennska (way of life of a nomad) · cmn 游牧生活 (way of life of a nomad) · ca nomadisme (way of life of a nomad) · ru коче́вничество (way of life of a nomad) · ru номади́зм (way of life of a nomad) · de Nomadentum (way of life of a nomad) · tr göçebelik (way of life of a nomad) · fi paimentolaisuus (way of life of a nomad) · pt nomadismo (way of life of a nomad) · it nomadismo (way of life of a nomad) · fr nomadisme (way of life of a nomad)