pastoralize

especially British, pas·to·ral·ise

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

verb (used with object)

pastoralized, pastoralizing 

1. to make pastoral or rural.

2. to celebrate in a pastoral or set in a pastoral form.

Other Word Forms

• pastoralization noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pastoralize¹

First recorded in 1815–25; pastoral + -ize

Example Sentences

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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