Meanings
noun
- A lifestyle in which one travels widely around the world and still works at one's job via telecommuting (digital remote work).
The practice of digital nomadism is closely related to the lives of digital workers, also known as digital nomads.
2022, Fransisco Situmorang, Tourism Recovery Based on Digital Nomadism Post-COVID-19 in Ubud Bali, page 21
Origin
Coined by Makimoto and Manners in 1997 from digital nomad + -ism.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 數位遊牧 /数位游牧
- 數位遊牧 /数位游牧Translations
Czech digitální nomádismus, digitální nomádství
- digitální nomádismusTranslations
- digitální nomádstvíTranslations
Finnish diginomadismi
- diginomadismiTranslations
French nomadisme numérique
- nomadisme numériqueTranslations
Polish cyfrowy nomadyzm
- cyfrowy nomadyzmTranslations
Russian цифрово́е коче́вничество
- цифрово́е коче́вничество (cifrovóje kočévničestvo)Translations
Cite this entry
APA
digital nomadism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digital%20nomadism
MLA
“digital nomadism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digital%20nomadism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “digital nomadism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digital%20nomadism.
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