pastoralizationn.
/ˌpɑːst(ə)rəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌpast(ə)rəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌpæst(ə)rələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌpæst(ə)rəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ The action or process of making pastoral; spec. the conversion or restoration of industrial land to agricultural use.Often with reference to a plan to deindustrialize Germany after the Second World War (1939–45). Cf. pastoralize v. 3.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > reclamation from industrial use
pastoralization1946
1946 G. Barraclough Origins Mod. Germany 463 A policy which..proposes to prevent its [sc. war's] resurgence..by territorial cessions, fragmentation and ‘pastoralization’.
1964 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. Dec. 573 The war brought about a lasting de-industrialization or pastoralization of large areas.
1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Oct. 1212/2 Reparations based on dismantling factories—pastoralization—a policy on which the Russians and Americans at first agreed, could of course not really be pursued.
1993 UN Chron. (Nexis) 30 45 Indigenous societies employ some of the most successful..methods of resource management and land use, including nomadic pastoralization.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- in the weather
- in the weeds
- in the west
- in the while
- in the whilst
- in the white
- in the whole
- in the whole complex
- in the whole sale
- in the widdienecks
- in the wild waniand
- in the wild waning world
- in the wilderness
- in the wind
- in the wind's eye
- in the window
- in the wing
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- in the wings
- in the woodpile
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- in the working
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