PASTORALIST Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

pastoralist

adjective

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Recent Examples of pastoralist In the summer of 2013, a local public-health official named Cristóbal Villar sent out a message on Radio Nacional Malargüe directed to a handful of pastoralist families scattered across the upper reaches of the Barrancas River. — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 In the northern reaches, thousands of pastoralist herders have switched to fishing after losing their livestock to drought since 2021. — Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 31 May 2026 The resemblance is particularly striking because many Palestinians are now barred from practicing their pastoralist traditions in areas where settlers continue to roam freely. — Irus Braverman, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026 The pastoralist Maasai people, for instance, who also live in the region, have successfully been vying for supremacy with lions for hundreds of years. — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026 As pastoralist communities moved their flocks, the sheep had more contact with infected wild animals. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025

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Adjective

This seasonal pastoral journey, known as transhumance, defines a semi-nomadic way of life that is rapidly disappearing.

— Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2026
These new or renovated getaways offer opportunities to bask in the season’s pastoral and cultural delights in comfort.

— Stephanie Rosenbloom, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of pastoral

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The argument supporting Measure Z was signed by farmer Blair Voelz, educator Karen Rosenkilde Bayne, former Woodland City Manager Kris Kristensen, business leader Aniek Pflager and agricultural supplier Erik Wilson.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Higher diesel prices – essential to transporting goods and agricultural production – tend to drive up costs across the wider economy and fuel inflation.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of agricultural

Adjective

That’s why the Gemini Express stovetop espresso maker has made my morning routine all the more bucolic, all the more pastoral.

— Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
The building itself is a marvel, along with the dreamy, bucolic setting, laced with ivy, lemon trees, and cascading stone fountains.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of bucolic

Adjective

The prolific and acclaimed writer and activist used his liberal beliefs and his agrarian roots in Kentucky to craft novels, poems and essays connecting the natural world to humankind.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Herb and vegetable gardens, fruit trees, wine grapes and beehives add an agrarian dimension.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of agrarian

Adjective

And members of these new churches were mostly not the black-dressed, hypocritical, sour-faced, monocultural figures favored by popular narrative, but often included colorful figures who were sometimes surprisingly modern in their desires.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
The Tennessee singer-songwriter, actor, and philanthropist hailed from a vanishing class, a 20th-century monocultural phenomenon who attained a household-name status that never lost its luster.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of monocultural

Adjective

Work on the 2025 vintage includes the use of Bouquet, a disease-resistant variety, a choice that is, allegedly, both agronomic and commercial.

— Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
An agronomic guide or a turf guide will provide the optimal mower height for your specific type of grass.

— Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 6 June 2026

Definition of agronomic

Adjective

Gulf states look to the continent for arable land, critical minerals, political influence, and diversified trade routes.

— Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026
Her parents had drained swamps in order to create arable land and served in the Haganah pre-state military organization.

— Natasha Mozgovaya, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of arable

Adjective

Connecticut has also seen a boom in backyard growers popping up in suburban neighborhoods with micro-farming businesses becoming more popular.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
Some of those people may be professional myrmecologists (scientists who specialize in the study of ants) and fourmiculture (ant-farming) enthusiasts.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026

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