sedentarizationn.
/ˌsɛdəntərʌɪˈzeɪʃən/ The settlement of a nomadic people in a permanent homeland or place of habitation.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] > establishing residence > of nomadic people
sedentarization1960
1960 F. Barth in Problems of Arid Zone (UNESCO) 342 The solution..favoured by the state authorities..has been the simple and radical one of sedentarization: the total elimination of nomads by settling them on the land as agriculturalists.
1969 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Aug. 929/2 Both the sedentarization of the tribes and the redistribution of land were thought..politically desirable.
1979 West Africa 13 Aug. 1459/2 Nor, they concluded..would the pastoralists themselves regret such a social and economic transformation once they realised that sedentarisation was good for them.
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