Antiurban

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Showing a negative view of cities or city life not-comparable

    "When I ask why so much of the humor on National Public Radio is antiurban, Kessler responds with one of Ian Shoales's most quoted lines: "If the city were a nice place to live, nobody would want to live there."

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"When I ask why so much of the humor on National Public Radio is antiurban, Kessler responds with one of Ian Shoales's most quoted lines: "If the city were a nice place to live, nobody would want to live there."

Etymology

From anti- + urban.

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