pastoralize
transitive verb
pas·to·ral·ize
variants:
also British pastoralise \
ˈpast(ə)rəˌlīz
\
-ed/-ing/-s
Definition of pastoralize
1
: to render pastoral or rural
specifically
: to convert to a pastoral economy or social organization
his famous proposal to pastoralize the country — Robert Lekachman
2
: to put into a pastoral or into the pastoral form
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