Word: pastoralisms
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pa
stor
a
li
sms
Definition: Plural of pastoralism; a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals known as livestock are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands (pastures) for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds
Morphemes:
Affix: pastor
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A shepherd; someone who tends to a flock of animals.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: pastor
Language: la
Decoded: pastor
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A person who tends sheep; shepherd.
Affix: -al
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.