shepherdism noun2 •Pastoral life or occupationBut with all her admiration and comprehension of the beauties of nature and of a country life, André Léo is free from any attempt at "Arcadian-shepherdism." — 1867 •The keeping and tending of sheep.Gilnockie is only some eleven miles south-east from Caplefoot, where raiding has been displaced by shepherdism, and where the pipe and viol have superseded the Jeddart axe. — 1900