Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

back-to-the-soil

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English

Syllables: back---to-the--soil
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

7

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a movement, lifestyle, or philosophy that advocates for leaving industrialized, urban environments to live a simpler, self-sufficient life in the country.

Example Sentences

"The seventeen-mile jaunt over the macadamized road is worth while, not only for the purpose of viewing the castle where King Edward the Second was starved in a dungeon, but it affords an opportunity for those interested in the back-to-the-soil movement to witness the conditions under which the English common man does or does not work."
"A great back-to-the-soil exhibit next claimed our attensh."
"This is a back-to-the-soil year, and blue jeans are in order."
"He talks grandly of germinating a "back-to-the-soil movement" that would eclipse the Victory Gardens of World Wars I and II, drive down food prices and feed the nation in times of shortage."
"Briers won his broad audience as Tom Good in the classic TV sitcom, The Good Life, a back-to-the-soil sitcom"

Inflected Forms

more back-to-the-soil (comparative) most back-to-the-soil (superlative)

Phrases

good life off the grid

Frequently Paired Words

good life off the grid

Questions

What does back-to-the-soil mean?: Of a movement, lifestyle, or philosophy that advocates for leaving industrialized, urban environments to live a simpler, self-sufficient life in the country.

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