Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nomadism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables: no-madism
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The way of life of a nomad or nomads.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

nomadisms (plural)

Phrases

digital nomadism

Frequently Paired Words

nomadistic

Questions

What does nomadism mean?: The way of life of a nomad or nomads.
Where does nomadism come from?: 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.

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