Meanings
nounnomadism (countable and uncountable, plural nomadisms)
plural nomadisms
- countableuncountableThe 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
Origin
Translations
Catalan nomadisme
- nomadismeway of life of a nomad
Chinese Mandarin 游牧生活
- 游牧生活 (yóumù shēnghuó)way of life of a nomad
Finnish paimentolaisuus
- paimentolaisuusway of life of a nomad
French nomadisme
- nomadismeway of life of a nomad
German Nomadentum
- Nomadentumway of life of a nomad
Icelandic hjarðmennska
- hjarðmennskaway of life of a nomad
Italian nomadismo
- nomadismoway of life of a nomad
Polish nomadyzm, koczownictwo
- nomadyzmway of life of a nomad
- koczownictwoway of life of a nomad
Portuguese nomadismo
- nomadismoway of life of a nomad
Russian кочево́й о́браз жи́зни, номади́зм
- кочево́й о́браз жи́зни (kočevój óbraz žízni)way of life of a nomad
- номади́зм (nomadízm)way of life of a nomad
- коче́вничество (kočévničestvo)way of life of a nomad
Spanish nomadismo
- nomadismoway of life of a nomad
Swahili uhamahamaji
- uhamahamajiway of life of a nomad
Turkish göçebelik
- göçebelikway of life of a nomad
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Cite this entry
APA
nomadism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nomadism
MLA
“nomadism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nomadism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nomadism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nomadism.
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