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sedentism

sedentism noun: the practice of living in one place for a long time.

Noun

sedentism (uncountable)

  1. The practice of living in one place for a long time.
    • Where sedentism does occur amongst hunters and gatherers it seems generally to be related to a number of recurrent features.1982, Eric S. Higgs, M. R. Jarman, Early European Agriculture: Its Foundation and Development, page 46
    • The implicit correlations between mobility, sedentism, complexity, and progressive evolutionary change are so interwoven and all pervasive as to be all but impossible to disentangle in adaptationist theory.2012, Thomas E. Emerson, Dale L. McElrath, Andrew C. Fortier, Archaic Societies, page 30

sedentism meaning in Tamil and Persian

sedentism in Tamil

குடியமர்வு, நிலைப்புத் தங்கல்

sedentism in Persian

Translations
یکجانشینی yek-jâ-nešini

Origin of sedentism

From Latin sedēns + -ism.

Questions about sedentism

What does sedentism mean?
Sedentism means the practice of living in one place for a long time.
What is sedentism in Tamil?
Sedentism in Tamil is குடியமர்வு, நிலைப்புத் தங்கல். See Sedentism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sedentism?
Sedentism is a noun.

Words near sedentism in the dictionary

  1. sedentarize
  2. sedentarized
  3. sedentarizes
  4. sedentarizing
  5. sedentary
  6. sedentism
  7. sedentory
  8. sedeprivationism
  9. seder
  10. sederholmite
  11. seders

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