pastoralize

[ pas-ter-uh-lahyz, pah-ster- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

pastoralized, pastoralizing.

to make pastoral or rural.
to celebrate in a pastoral or set in a pastoral form.

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pastoralize¹

First recorded in 1815–25; pastoral + -ize

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Example Sentences

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Presumably authored by Assistant Treasury Secretary Harry Dexter White, a Communist sympathizer, the plan proposed to destroy all German industry and "pastoralize" the nation.

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