Sedentism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The practice of living in one place for a long time. uncountable

    "Where sedentism does occur amongst hunters and gatherers it seems generally to be related to a number of recurrent features."

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"Where sedentism does occur amongst hunters and gatherers it seems generally to be related to a number of recurrent features."

Etymology

From Latin sedēns + -ism.

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