nomadism

Cultural  

1. A way of life in which a community has no permanent settlement but moves from place to place, usually seasonally and within a defined territory. For hunting and gathering societies, nomadism does not imply aimless wandering, but suggests an organized rotation of settlements to ensure maximum use of available natural resources.

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Example Sentences

If a male lion makes it out of their first year of life, and then to independence at around 3, they leave their pride for a period of nomadism.

From Scientific American • Aug. 21, 2023

"In fact, per capita in Britain, the data suggests that a greater percentage of people are actually taking on this lifestyle of nomadism."

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2022

This is admirable in some sense, but in the case of modern nomadism, it’s part of the problem.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2021

Recorded history suggests most families arrived in the 1940s after the Vichy regime banned nomadism.

From The Guardian • Sep. 5, 2019

Thus, the shift from hunting-gathering to food production did not always coincide with a shift from nomadism to sedentary living.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond