Synonyms of pastoralism

pastoralism

noun

as in agriculture

Synonyms & Similar Words

• agriculture
• farming
• monoculture
• cultivation
• mixed farming
• animal husbandry
• horticulture
• gardening
• farmwork
• agribusiness
• tillage
• husbandry
• culture
• agronomy
• agroforestry
• agroecology
• aquaculture
• pomology
• aquiculture
• arboriculture
• hydroponics
• sharecropping

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pastoralism

In one disturbing incident, the ranchers discuss the death of pastoralism in a community meeting. —Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 2 May 2024

The wheel was invented around the same time, and the two innovations, combined, allowed nomadic pastoralism to flourish. —Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023

This Saharan pastoralism began well before food production got its start in Egypt, in 5200 B.C., when a full package of western Asian winter crops and livestock arrived. —Jared Diamond, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023

How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World makes the case that a shift toward nomadic pastoralism enabled by the horse is the critical catalyst for the sweep of this language group from the Atlantic to the Bay of Bengal. —Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2010