Metropolitanism
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality or state of being metropolitan. uncountable, usually
"She stayed at two or three places a day for at least one meal--hotels in tiny towns she had never heard of, and in larger towns that were fumbling for metropolitanism."
Example
More examples"She stayed at two or three places a day for at least one meal--hotels in tiny towns she had never heard of, and in larger towns that were fumbling for metropolitanism."
Etymology
From metropolitan + -ism.
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