nomadism

Yet, at the same time, nomadism is one of the centripetal forces, like chain stores and comic strips, that binds the United States together.

A Man From Mars 1997

This nomadism, which is nothing less than society on wheels, cannot be satirized as a whim of fashion; it has a serious cause in -- the discovery of the disease called nervous prostration, which demands for its cure constant change of scene, without any occupation.

Little Journey in the World Charles Dudley Warner 1864

This nomadism, which is nothing less than society on wheels, cannot be satirized as a whim of fashion; it has a serious cause in -- the discovery of the disease called nervous prostration, which demands for its cure constant change of scene, without any occupation.

The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

I am biased against this kind of nomadism, no matter how well-upholstered the vehicles.

1985 revisited, again 2004

Germano Celant chose "nomadism" as a conceptual linchpin that united the sensibilities of disparate Alighiero e Boetti's maps in mind.

artforum.com 2009

"Their nomadism is a very deep ethnic culture, referred to in ancient Irish texts.

Irish Blogs A Dublin Miscellany 2010

BJD: How do you think your nomadism between Europe and the U.S. has altered your work?

Brian Joseph Davis: A Literary Outlaw in Paris: Interview With Dennis Cooper Brian Joseph Davis 2011

BJD: How do you think your nomadism between Europe and the U.S. has altered your work?

Brian Joseph Davis: A Literary Outlaw in Paris: Interview With Dennis Cooper Brian Joseph Davis 2011

Many of his works also express a nostalgia for a vanishing way of life (as evoked by the mythical St. Botolphs in the Wapshot novels), characterized by abiding cultural traditions and a profound sense of community, as opposed to the alienating nomadism of modern suburbia.

john cheever | fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009

Building on an Aboriginal tradition of "mapping" the land through chant, "The Songlines" is a story of ideas, but when taken as anthropology about nomadism it has infuriated more knowledgeable readers.

The News From Everywhere David Mason 2011