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pastoralize

American

[pas-ter-uh-lahyz, pah-ster-] / ˈpæs tər əˌlaɪz, ˈpɑ stər- /

especially British, pastoralise

verb (used with object)

pastoralized, pastoralizing

to make pastoral or rural.
to celebrate in a pastoral or set in a pastoral form.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

pastoralization

noun

Etymology

Origin of pastoralize

First recorded in 1815–25; pastoral + -ize

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