| 释义 |
sedentarization|ˌsɛdəntəraɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. sedentary a. + -ize: see -ation.]
The settlement of a nomadic people in a permanent homeland or place of habitation.
1960F. Barth in Problems of Arid Zone (UNESCO) 342 The solution..favoured by the state authorities..has been the simple and radical one of sedentarization: the total elimination of nomads by settling them on the land as agriculturalists. 1969Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Aug. 929/2 Both the sedentarization of the tribes and the redistribution of land were thought..politically desirable. 1979West Africa 13 Aug. 1459/2 Nor, they concluded..would the pastoralists themselves regret such a social and economic transformation once they realised that sedentarisation was good for them. |