Metropolitanism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"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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